Comparing the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics in Europe and the USA

Scientometrics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 621-637

  Cardoso, Ana Rute ^a,c   Guimarães, Paulo ^b,c   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^c,d,e  

^a Barcelona)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graduate programs; Publication analysis; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954953674     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0136-5     Document Type: Article

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