Beyond the badge of honour: the effect of the academic excellence initiative on staff recruitment in Italy.
Understanding how excellence-based funding affects academic recruitment is central to evaluating the broader implications of performance-oriented research policies. We study the Department of Excellence Initiative ("Dipartimenti di Eccellenza") in the Italian higher education system. Unlike other ex...
| Publicado en: | Oxford Economic Papers Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 309 - 335 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=194211908&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 194211908 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00307653 OXE jtl: Oxford Economic Papers issn: 00307653 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2026 vid: 78 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 194211908 10.1093/oep/gpaf032 ppf: 309 ppct: 26 formats: tig: atl: Beyond the badge of honour: the effect of the academic excellence initiative on staff recruitment in Italy. aug: au: Rizzo, Ugo Rentocchini, Francesco Seeber, Marco Ramaciotti, Laura affil: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ferrara, via Macchiavelli 30, Ferrara 44121, Italy European Commission, JRC-Seville, EXPO 02/216 - C. Inca Garcilaso, 3, Sevilla 41092, SpainDepartment of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, via Conservatorio 7, Milan 20122, Italy Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25 D, Kristiansand 4630, Norway Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, via Voltapaletto 11, Ferrara 44121, Italy su: Italy Higher education Employee recruitment Academic departments Italian history Research funding University faculty sug: subj: Higher education Italy Human Resources Consulting Services Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Employee recruitment Academic departments Italian history Research funding University faculty keyword: copyrightHolder:Oxford University Press copyrightYear:2026 excellence initiatives H52 I23 inLanguage:en O38 publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaf032 second-tier departments staff recruitment university departments copyrightHolder:Oxford University Press copyrightYear:2026 excellence initiatives H52 I23 inLanguage:en O38 publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaf032 second-tier departments staff recruitment university departments ab: Understanding how excellence-based funding affects academic recruitment is central to evaluating the broader implications of performance-oriented research policies. We study the Department of Excellence Initiative ("Dipartimenti di Eccellenza") in the Italian higher education system. Unlike other excellence initiatives in Europe, this programme was directed at departments rather than universities. We investigate the effect of the initiative on new faculty positions, distinguishing between external recruitment and internal promotion, as well as different career stages. We also analyse heterogeneity across departmental categories, differentiating between first-tier (top-rated) and second-tier (near-elite) departments. Our findings indicate a positive effect on the creation of new faculty positions within funded departments, particularly through external recruitment and across various career stages. Notably, we provide evidence of greater benefits accruing to second-tier departments relative to their first-tier counterparts, particularly with respect to entry-level tenure-track positions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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