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Revisiting Gladwell'S Hockey Players: Influence Of Relative Age Effects Upon Earning The Phd

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  • Kevin M. Kniffin
  • Andrew S. Hanks

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type="main" xml:id="coep12114-abs-0001"> We examine the influence of relative age effects (RAE) upon specific factors related to earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): age at degree, time to degree, and salary upon completion. Drawing on the 2010 Survey of Earned Doctorates, we find no significant influence of RAE. Specifically, when controlling for discipline-specific variation, we find no influence of RAE on the age of people earning the PhD and no influence on post-graduate salary. However, we estimate a relative salary loss due to redshirting of over $138,000 in lifetime earnings for individuals who earn the PhD. To the extent that earning the PhD is considered an outstanding achievement, our findings support the view that redshirting is unnecessary and costly. (JEL D01, D12, I20, I28, J24, J44)

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  • Kevin M. Kniffin & Andrew S. Hanks, 2016. "Revisiting Gladwell'S Hockey Players: Influence Of Relative Age Effects Upon Earning The Phd," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 34(1), pages 21-36, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:34:y:2016:i:1:p:21-36
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    Cited by:

    1. Luca Fumarco & Giambattista Rossi, 2015. "Relative Age Effect on Labor Market Outcomes for High Skilled Workers – Evidence from Soccer," Management Working Papers 9, Birkbeck Department of Management, revised Mar 2015.
    2. Tushar Bharati & Thea Harpley Green, 2021. "Age at school transition and children’s cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 21-06, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    3. Sarah Little & Art Rice, 2021. "Considering Autonomous Exploration in Healthy Environments: Reflections from an Urban Wildscape," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-18, November.

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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations

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