A dismal outlook for dismal scientists

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Overal blauwe ogen? En waarom alleen voor economen? Er waren geen juristen
in gemoeid? Die hebben toch ook overal verstand van ;)

Groet / Cees

http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2009/02/dismal-outlook-for-dismal-scientists.html

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Justin Lahart reports in today's Wall Street Journal that employment for
economists is falling below trend. That is, there appears to be a widening
output gap - the difference between the actual hiring of economists and
the hiring that could be achieved if people still believed that economists
knew what they were doing.

Job Market for Economists Turns ... Dismal
The dismal economy has claimed yet another victim: jobs for the economists
who study it.

Columbia University's economics department, for example, isn't making any
new hires this year. That's in stark contrast to last year, when Columbia
poached eight economics professors from other schools, and hired one
economist out of graduate school. The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Amherst College and the University of Minnesota all have
suspended their searches for economics professors. And Harvard University
has gotten permission to hire just one person -- only after "many rounds
of negotiation," according to Harvard economist Lawrence Katz, who is
handling recruiting this year. Typically, Harvard hires two or three
economics professors out of graduate school.
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