Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 26, No. 3
Issue: Summer 1995
Pages: 274-281
Author(s): Milind Rao (Colgate University)
Address (Principal Author): Milind Rao, Economics Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346 (315) 824-7991
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Title: Foreign Students and Graduate Economics Education in the United States
Abstract: Of late, over half the Ph.D.s awarded in economics in the U.S. have gone to foreigners. At the same time, time-to-completion of a Ph.D. has risen. The presence of many foreign students in graduate economics programs may provide some insight for this longer duration. This article explores this relationship and offers an explanation for the large number of foreign student studying in the U.S.