Alma mat(t)er(s): Determinants of early career success in economics.

PLoS One · 2022 · PMC9718416 · PMID 36459521

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We further observe that the probability to publish in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE hereafter) or the Journal of Political Economy (JPE hereafter) increases significantly by 4-6 percentage points if an author’s Alma mater has been Harvard or the University of Chicago, even after controlling for the ranking of an author’s PhD granting university—which still remains a highly significant predictor.

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