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Article: Earnings profiles of department heads: comparing cross-section and panel models.
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- Industrial and Labor Relations Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
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Prior research has considered depreciation of human capital resulting from labor force withdrawal (Mincer and Polachek 1974, 1978; Mincer and Ofek 1982), but human capital may depreciate for other reasons as well. The present study focuses on depreciation of research skills for faculty moving into administration. Using data on present and former department heads at Kansas State University, we test various propositions concerning the effects of this depreciation.
The focus on department heads is interesting for at least two reasons. First, in contrast to the typical upward career path in most sectors of the economy, those who serve as university department head ...