Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent

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We study how performance metrics affect the allocation of talent. We exploit the introduction of a new measure of scientific performance: citation metrics. For technical reasons, the first citation database only covered citations from certain journals and years. Thus, only a subset of citations became visible, while others remained invisible. We identify the effects of citation metrics by comparing the predictiveness of visible to invisible citations. Citation metrics increased assortative matching between scientists and departments. We also find that highly-cited scientists in lower-ranked departments ("hidden stars") benefited from citation metrics, while minorities did not. Citation metrics also affected promotion decisions.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 455

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Public Sector Labor Markets
• Thema: performance metrics ; allocation of talent ; citations ; scientists

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Hager, Sebastian ; Schwarz, Carlo ; Waldinger, Fabian
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
• (wo): München und Berlin
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/282146
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ