The University Professor As a Utility Maximizer and Producer of Learning, Research, and Income.

Becker, William E., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1975

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The University Professor As a Utility Maximizer and Producer of Learning, Research, and Income

Becker, William E., Jr.

Journal of Human Resources, 10, 1, 107-15, W 75

A professonial decision-making model is presented for the purpose of exploring alternative plans to raise teaching quality. It is demonstrated that an increase in the pecuniary return to teaching will raise teaching quality while exogenous changes in teaching and/or research technology need not. (Author/EA)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Job Satisfaction, Professors, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Salaries, Teaching Methods, Technology

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