Quantitative and empirical demonstration of the Matthew effect in a study of career longevity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Petersen, Alexander M ^a   Jung, Woo Sung ^a,b   Yang, Jae Suk ^c   Stanley, H Eugene ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Career length; Hazard rate; Output; Poisson process; Quantitative sociology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAREER; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYEE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ATHLETES; CAREER MOBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651079306     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016733108     Document Type: Article

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