Measuring and exploring the geographic mobility of American professors from graduating institutions: Differences across disciplines,academic ranks,and genders |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 555, Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, PR China;2. School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 555, Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, PR China;3. School of Accounting, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 237 Longquan Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650221, PR China;4. Department of Management and Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Kent State University, 475 Terrace Drive, Kent, OH 44242, USA;1. School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 555, Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, PR China;2. School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 555, Liutai Avenue, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, PR China;3. School of Accounting, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, 237 Longquan Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650221, PR China;4. Department of Management and Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Kent State University, 475 Terrace Drive, Kent, OH 44242, USA;1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium;2. Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) and Dept. MSI, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;1. Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy;2. University of Rome “Tor Vergata” - Italy, Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation (IASI-CNR), Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy;3. Research Value s.r.l., Via Michelangelo Tilli 39, 00156 Roma, Italy;1. Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation at the Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi e Informatica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185, Roma, Italy;2. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy;3. Research Value s.r.l., Research Value, Via Michelangelo Tilli 39, 00156, Roma, Italy;1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Pisa, Italy;2. CERN, Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland;3. INFN, sezione di Genova, Italy;1. University of Hasselt, Belgium;2. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sciences, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) and Dept. MSI, KU Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | This paper proposes two novel measures to study the geographic mobility of faculty members from their graduating institutions in the United States: a continuous measure using geographic distance and a discrete one concerning the concept of Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The joint application of the two novel measures to a hand-collected hiring network dataset including more than 15,000 faculty members in three disparate disciplines (business, computer science, and history) leads to interesting findings regarding geographic mobility of American professors from graduating institutions, defined by relocation distance or cross-MSA from the PhD granting institution and the hiring institution. Overall, American faculty exhibits high geographic mobility from their graduating institutions in terms of relocation distance and cross-MSA moves. History faculty members have the highest mobility while those in business show the lowest mobility. We further find that assistant professors show the highest mobility while full professors show lowest mobility. In addition, while there is little distance difference between male and female faculty members overall, female faculty members are less likely to move between MSAs or regions in the United States. |
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| Keywords: | Faculty hiring network Gender differences Geographic mobility behavior Geographic distance MSA |
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