which one has got better job market? which one is more quant than the other?
econ background here
PhD Political Science vs PHD public policy
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IMO public policy PhD programs are basically econ PhD programs for people who aren't quantitatively strong enough to do econ PhDs. So the problem with the job market is basically that policy schools will hire econ PhDs, but econ departments won't hire public policy PhDs.
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IMO public policy PhD programs are basically econ PhD programs for people who aren't quantitatively strong enough to do econ PhDs. So the problem with the job market is basically that policy schools will hire econ PhDs, but econ departments won't hire public policy PhDs.
You know what people will hire? Your mom for a good, old-fashioned schlong servicing.
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IMO public policy PhD programs are basically econ PhD programs for people who aren't quantitatively strong enough to do econ PhDs. So the problem with the job market is basically that policy schools will hire econ PhDs, but econ departments won't hire public policy PhDs.
I'm pretty on board with this. Plus, a lot of public policy PhD programs are designed for non-academic career (ie, non-TT) trajectories -- government jobs, think tanks, etc. Pursuing TT positions with a public policy PhD is only feasible if that degree is from a top school like Berkeley or Harvard.
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Add Harris to the list.
IMO public policy PhD programs are basically econ PhD programs for people who aren't quantitatively strong enough to do econ PhDs. So the problem with the job market is basically that policy schools will hire econ PhDs, but econ departments won't hire public policy PhDs.
I'm pretty on board with this. Plus, a lot of public policy PhD programs are designed for non-academic career (ie, non-TT) trajectories -- government jobs, think tanks, etc. Pursuing TT positions with a public policy PhD is only feasible if that degree is from a top school like Berkeley or Harvard.
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A problem with public policy PhDs is when they go on the market with a quantitative dissertation and are not very knowledgeable about applied econometrics. The quantitative researchers don't need to be economists but the economists at the job talk are expecting to see evidence of good metrics training.
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yep, exactly....
A problem with public policy PhDs is when they go on the market with a quantitative dissertation and are not very knowledgeable about applied econometrics. The quantitative researchers don't need to be economists but the economists at the job talk are expecting to see evidence of good metrics training.