{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4367674446","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","title":"Why Do Older Scholars Slow Down?","display_name":"Why Do Older Scholars Slow Down?","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4367674446","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3386/w31175","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2809516038","display_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322614461"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["National Bureau of Economic Research"],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","raw_type":"report"},"volume":null,"type":"report","is_traditional":false,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082907615","display_name":"Daniel S. Hamermesh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-2743","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-2743"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1321305853","display_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","ror":"https://ror.org/04grmx538","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1321305853"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I208333798","display_name":"University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis","ror":"https://ror.org/037cnag11","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I208333798"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86519309","display_name":"The University of Texas at Austin","ror":"https://ror.org/00hj54h04","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86519309"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniel Hamermesh","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Texas at Austin 333 West 57th Street, Apt. 706 New York, NY 10019","NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138","University of Missouri-St. Louis 408 SSB Bldg -Econ Dept -"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Texas at Austin 333 West 57th Street, Apt. 706 New York, NY 10019","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86519309"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1321305853"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Missouri-St. Louis 408 SSB Bldg -Econ Dept -","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I208333798"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067452492","display_name":"Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-1756","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-1756"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1321305853","display_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","ror":"https://ror.org/04grmx538","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1321305853"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I208333798","display_name":"University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis","ror":"https://ror.org/037cnag11","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I208333798"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I86519309","display_name":"The University of Texas at Austin","ror":"https://ror.org/00hj54h04","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I86519309"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lea-Rachel Kosnik","raw_affiliation_strings":["OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge , MA 02138","University of Missouri-St. Louis 408 SSB Bldg - Econ Dept -UMSL 8001 Natural Bridge Road Saint Louis , MO 63121","NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138","UMSL 8001 Natural Bridge Road Saint Louis, MO 63121","University of Texas at Austin 333 West 57th Street, Apt. 706 New York, NY 10019"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge , MA 02138","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1321305853"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Missouri-St. Louis 408 SSB Bldg - Econ Dept -UMSL 8001 Natural Bridge Road Saint Louis , MO 63121","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I208333798"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1321305853"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"UMSL 8001 Natural Bridge Road Saint Louis, MO 63121","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I208333798"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Texas at Austin 333 West 57th Street, Apt. 706 New York, NY 10019","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I86519309"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.6093999743461609,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.6093999743461609,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11631","display_name":"Retirement, Disability, and Employment","score":0.328900009393692,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13284","display_name":"Psychology Research and Bibliometrics","score":0.007400000002235174,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/publication-output","display_name":"publication output","score":0.4449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/faculty-retirement","display_name":"professor retirement","score":0.6460000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/writing-style","display_name":"writing style","score":0.6539999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation-impact","display_name":"citation impact","score":0.765999972820282}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.36834490299224854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3379981815814972}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3386/w31175","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2809516038","display_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322614461"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["National Bureau of Economic Research"],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","raw_type":"report"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3386/w31175","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w31175","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2809516038","display_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322614461"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["National Bureau of Economic Research"],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"National Bureau of Economic Research","raw_type":"report"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4367674446.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4367674446.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1504593085","https://openalex.org/W1968612073","https://openalex.org/W1979230891","https://openalex.org/W1990144582","https://openalex.org/W2030101185","https://openalex.org/W2050687847","https://openalex.org/W2051152950","https://openalex.org/W2059253949","https://openalex.org/W2891921284","https://openalex.org/W2912463697","https://openalex.org/W3121240669","https://openalex.org/W3121819961","https://openalex.org/W3124239599","https://openalex.org/W4281652703","https://openalex.org/W4366126091"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2051152950","https://openalex.org/W4312539072","https://openalex.org/W2102742316","https://openalex.org/W3157232854","https://openalex.org/W2087062926","https://openalex.org/W3121819961","https://openalex.org/W4391897695","https://openalex.org/W2141518972","https://openalex.org/W1583139320","https://openalex.org/W2117247001"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Using":[0],"data":[1],"describing":[2],"all":[3],"\"Top":[4],"5\"":[5],"economics":[6],"journal":[7],"publications":[8,66],"from":[9,76],"1969-2018,":[10],"we":[11],"examine":[12],"what":[13],"determines":[14],"which":[15,23],"authors":[16],"produce":[17,59],"less":[18],"as":[19],"they":[20],"age":[21,73],"and":[22,44],"retire":[24,67],"earlier.Sub-field":[25],"has":[26],"no":[27],"impact":[28],"on":[29],"the":[30,89],"rate":[31],"of":[32,86,91],"production,":[33],"but":[34],"interacts":[35],"with":[36,63,72],"it":[37],"to":[38],"alter":[39],"retirement":[40],"probabilities.A":[41],"positive,":[42],"tentative,":[43],"contemporary":[45],"writing":[46],"style":[47],"increases":[48],"persistence":[49],"in":[50],"publishing.Authors":[51],"whose":[52],"previous":[53],"work":[54],"was":[55],"more":[56,64],"heavily":[57],"cited":[58],"slightly":[60],"more.Those":[61],"better-cited":[62],"topflight":[65],"later":[68],"than":[69],"others.Declining":[70],"publication":[71,87],"arises":[74],"mostly":[75],"habit":[77],"-there":[78],"is":[79],"a":[80,92],"very":[81],"significant":[82],"increasing":[83],"positive":[84],"autocorrelation":[85],"across":[88],"decades":[90],"career.":[93]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00"}