Doctors, degree incentives and impact on research: An overview of professors with doctorates in the Ecuadorian higher education system

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https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2022.5.2.8

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doctoral degrees, Ecuadorian higher education system, research impact

Abstract

This paper makes a descriptive and explanatory overview of the growth of number of university professors with a doctoral degree in the Ecuadorian Higher Education System, since 2013. It analyzes the legal framework and institutional incentives for the growth in the number of professors with a doctoral degree and includes a general review of the literature that considers their positive impact on the higher education system. This paper makes a general description which includes variables such as tenure, nationality, the doctoral program’s country and university, and the degree obtained. It then puts forward statistical regression models to explain and evaluate the impact of professors with a doctoral degree on research. It concludes that public policy has created a favorable environment, including perverse incentives, to pursue and obtain a doctoral degree and for welcoming professors from several countries. Additionally, it finds a positive correlation between the number of professors with a doctoral degree and the amount of research measured by number of indexed publications.

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Christian Escobar Jiménez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.

Assistant professor at the School of Sociology and Political Science of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Doctor in Logic and Philosophy of Science from the University of Santiago de Compostela, a Ph.D. student in Analytical Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Master's degree in economics from the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris. Masters in International Relations and Philosophy. Research interests in analytical philosophy, institutional economics, the economics of education, political science.

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2022-08-01

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Escobar Jiménez, C. (2022). Doctors, degree incentives and impact on research: An overview of professors with doctorates in the Ecuadorian higher education system. Andean Journal of Education, 5(2), 000528. https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2022.5.2.8

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): Revista Andina de Educación 5(2) (mayo-octubre, 2022)

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