The Effect of PhD Funding on Post-degree Research Career and Publication Productivity

Roberto Nisticò ()

CSEF Working Papers from Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy

Abstract: In this paper, I explore to what extent the receipt of funding during PhD encourages post-degree research career and publications. Using novel data on new PhD graduates from all Italian universities, I document a strong effect of funding on both the probability of entering a research profession and the publication productivity within a few years after graduation. I provide additional evidence that funded students invest more in research- oriented activities (e.g., visiting research programs abroad) and spend less time working part-time during the PhD, thus adding to the mechanisms that potentially account for the effect of funding.

Keywords: PhD; Research Career; Publication Productivity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I22 I23 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05-10, Revised 2015-06-24
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Note: A former version of this paper was circulated under the title "Funding and Research Outcomes in PhD Programs".
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Published in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80(5): 931-950.

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