Some Aspects of the Allocation of Scientific Effort Between Teaching and Research

Michael D. Intriligator, Bruce L. R. Smith

ResearchPublished 1966

An analysis of the allocation of new scientists between teaching and research. The study uses an analytic framework built on specified policy objectives and a model for the allocation of new Ph.D.s in science between the two areas. Some simplifying assumptions lead to a general welfare function for this aspect of a national science policy. Special cases of the general welfare function, including minimization of the time required to attain a given scientific capability, are treated explicitly. The production of new scientists is determined in the model by a production function, dependent on teaching scientists and on time.

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Intriligator, Michael D. and Bruce L. R. Smith, Some Aspects of the Allocation of Scientific Effort Between Teaching and Research. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1966. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4339.html.
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