Produtividade docente e ciclo de vida : uma análise do caso da universidade federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This study evaluates the conditioning factors of the productivity of researchers. To this end, it uses a Poisson and a Tobit econometric model to estimate the determinants of the researcher's productivity from data from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. The main contribution of this study is to evaluate the conditioning factors of scientific production in public institutions. The overall results showed that, although there are important aspects that link young people to productivity, the aging of research professionals does not necessarily generate losses in productivity. The study identified a positive association between age and scientific production, in the form of an inverted U. Other factors such as number of co-authors, research time and income positively affect productivity.