Saturday, April 12, 2008

ronald ehrenberg

Professor Ronald Ehrenberg will be at the Centre next week including delivering a key note address at the launch of the Irish Universities Project.

His IDEAS page is below and gives an idea of his prolific output in labour economics and education economics.

http://ideas.repec.org/e/peh2.html

Some examples of his work include papers on the effects of internships on undergraduate performance.

Ronald G. Ehrenberg, 2005. "Involving Undergraduates in Research to Encourage Them to Undertake Ph.D. Study in Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 184-188, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

His review of econometric studies in higher education is below

Ehrenberg, R.G.Ronald G., 2004. "Econometric studies of higher education," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 121(1-2), pages 19-37. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

He has written a number of recent papers on the structuring of graduate programmes that are particularly relevant to current Irish initiatives


Jeffrey Groen & George Jakubson & Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Scott Condie & Albert Yung-Hsu Liu, 2006. "Program Design and Student Outcomes in Graduate Education," NBER Working Papers 12064, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Ronald G. Ehrenberg & George Jakubson & Jeffrey Groen & Eric So & Joseph Price, 2006. "Inside the Black Box of Doctoral Education: What Program Characteristics Influence Doctoral Students' Attrition and Graduation Probabilities?," NBER Working Papers 12065, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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