A new dataset on business‑school pay finds a single top‑tier journal publication adds about $116,000 to compensation; second‑tier papers are worth roughly one‑third as much, and other publications have no effect. Teaching scores and conference presentations help but much less, while administrators earn large premiums (chairs +11–35%; deans +58–94%). Since Covid, real pay fell and salaries became less sensitive to research output.
— This quantifies academia’s gatekept tournament incentives and suggests a post‑Covid shift that could redirect effort from research toward administration or other activities.
Tyler Cowen
2025.10.16
66% relevant
Nye argues Mokyr had no 'top‑5' publication until the late 2010s and likely wouldn’t get tenure under today’s journal‑tournament incentives—directly echoing concerns that pay and promotion are over‑indexed to top‑tier journal hits.
Tyler Cowen
2025.09.01
100% relevant
Lowry, Bradley, Knill, and Williams report 'a top‑tier journal publication is worth $116,000' and that 'the sensitivity of pay to research performance has weakened' post‑Covid.
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