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Age-achievement functions take an inverted-U shape, but the quality of contributions remains roughly constant with age, with lower productivity reflecting reduced quantity of output

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q2 i? In a study of economists' publications, submission rates showed an inverted-U age relation while journal acceptance probability was nearly constant at all ages. → Salthouse 2012

Evidence

Salthouse 2012

Salthouse, T. (2012). Consequences of Age-Related Cognitive Declines. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 201-226. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100328

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Review describing Oster & Hamermesh's (1998) archival study of economists' submissions to a major journal. The review reports "the acceptance probability was nearly constant at all ages", so lower older-author productivity reflected submission rate, not rejection rate.

"there was an inverted-U relation between age and number of manuscripts submitted, but the acceptance probability was nearly constant at all ages"

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title Age-achievement functions take an inverted-U shape, but the quality of contributions remains roughly constant with age, with lower productivity reflecting reduced quantity of output
description Age-achievement functions take an inverted-U shape, but the quality of contributions remains roughly constant with age, with lower productivity reflecting reduced quantity of output
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 2012
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