Smyth R, Bhattacharya M "How fast do old judges slow down? A life cycle study of aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia" INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 23(2):141-164 June 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

Russell Smyth : Russell.Smyth at BusEco.monash.edu.au


NOTE:
"Their conclusion is that in general the decline of productivity with aging in the hard sciences is very pronounced.  McDowell (1982) eamines the
relationship between aging and productivity amongst academics in the humanities and physical sciences.  He finds less rapid declines with aging
than Legin and Stephan (1991).  Similar to Stephan and Levin (1992), though, McDowell (1982) finds that productivity peaks relatively early in the
hard sciences, while productivity peaks later amongst English and history professors."


TITLE          How fast do old judges slow down? A life cycle study of aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia
AUTHORS   Smyth R, Bhattacharya M
JOURNAL    INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS   23 (2): 141-164 JUN 2003


 Document type: Article     Language: English      Cited References: 45      Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
This article examines the relationship between aging and productivity in the Federal Court of Australia. The findings support the life-cycle
hypothesis, which suggests that the age-citation profile should increase, reach a peak and then decline with age. These results indicate that the
age-citation profile of judges is similar to other professions such as academia. The results continue to hold when we control for human capital
accumulation, differences in abilities and changes in the appointment process over time. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords:
aging, Federal Court of Australia, judicial productivity

KeyWords Plus:
CO-AUTHORSHIP, DETERMINANTS, ECONOMICS, SCIENTISTS, PRESTIGE, SCIENCE, APPEALS, AGE

Addresses:
Smyth R, Monash Univ, Dept Econ, POB 11E, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
Monash Univ, Dept Econ, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

Publisher:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA

IDS Number:
723HK


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