PhD stipends and program placement success in political science
| Autor: | Seth B. Warner, Dominik A. Stecuła |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Research & Politics, Vol 11 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2053-1680 20531680 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/20531680241241131 |
| Popis: | A key grievance of the student labor movement is that across much of academia, and especially in the social sciences and humanities, stipends tied to PhD assistantships fall short of a living wage. In this article, we consider the issue from a pedagogical perspective, expecting that higher pay may lead to stronger program outcomes. We collect and validate data on assistantship stipends in political science from PhDStipends.com, and on tenure-track placements from an analysis of departmental placement pages. Graduate pay is significantly associated with tenure-track placements in the job market cycles spanning 2019–2021, independently of program size, rank, student unionization, location, and institution type and endowment. Across model specifications, a US$5,000 increase in student pay corresponds with 2.7 more placements per 100 enrolled students (or 34% of the median rate) over this period. |
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