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Séminaire d’économie de Bordeaux
Olof Ejermo
(Professor in Economic History, Innovation Economics
Department of Economic History, School of Economics and Management)
Lund University
« When a College Graduates: Micro-Level Evidence From
the Transition to University«
(Olof Ejermmo, Yotam Sofer)
Abstract
In 1999 the university colleges (högskolor) in Karlstad, Örebro, and Växjö gained full research university status. This transition was associated with a substantial increase in base funding from the Swedish government, typically raised on an annual basis. We exploit encompassing data on publication on the full population of researchers to analyze the impact on scientific publication, coauthorship, affiliation and other organizational changes at treated units of the change. Using matched sample difference-in-difference regressions we find that publishing researchers raised their rate of publication substantially, and this was explained primarily by the infusion of funding.
We find evidence that the individuals who raised their rate of publication were predominantly male, researchers rather than teachers and working in technical sciences. The rise in publications was associated with increased collaboration with coauthors primarily at one’s own university. Researchers decreased their number of affiliations with university colleges but raised their affiliations with other full universities, and they were more likely to be promoted to associate professors after moving to other universities. Thus, the status of becoming full university led to an adaptation in terms of behavior that started to look a lot like the behavior of researchers at established universities. Our findings suggest that changing to university status marks a change not just on paper but also in actual academic behavior.
In 1999 the university colleges (högskolor) in Karlstad, Örebro, and Växjö gained full research university status. This transition was associated with a substantial increase in base funding from the Swedish government, typically raised on an annual basis. We exploit encompassing data on publication on the full population of researchers to analyze the impact on scientific publication, coauthorship, affiliation and other organizational changes at treated units of the change. Using matched sample difference-in-difference regressions we find that publishing researchers raised their rate of publication substantially, and this was explained primarily by the infusion of funding.
We find evidence that the individuals who raised their rate of publication were predominantly male, researchers rather than teachers and working in technical sciences. The rise in publications was associated with increased collaboration with coauthors primarily at one’s own university. Researchers decreased their number of affiliations with university colleges but raised their affiliations with other full universities, and they were more likely to be promoted to associate professors after moving to other universities. Thus, the status of becoming full university led to an adaptation in terms of behavior that started to look a lot like the behavior of researchers at established universities. Our findings suggest that changing to university status marks a change not just on paper but also in actual academic behavior.
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