Abstract
The tenure track system (TTS) program was launched by the Higher Education Commission to improve research quality and international visibility of research conducted by Pakistani higher educational institutes. The prime aim of this study is to examine the impacts of TTS policy on university-level research productivity by utilizing the unbalanced panel data of Pakistani universities covering the period of 2002–2017. The treatment variable is the ratio of TTS faculty to the total faculty, while outcome variables include the H-index, number of research papers published, and citations. Panel data analysis indicates that the TTS faculty have a statistically significant and positive impact on all kinds of research productivity (i.e. h-index, number of papers published, and number of citations) and it does not matter which type of econometrical panel data model is used. Additionally, university age and enrolled Ph.D. scholars also play key roles in boosting university-level research productivity. Overall results propose some suitable policy implications in the area of academic research productivity in developing economies.
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