Women in Academic Economics: Have We Made Progress? / Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginther, Donna K.

Contributor:

Kahn, Shulamit.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28743.

NBER working paper series no. w28743

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.

Summary:

This study uses data from Academic Analytics to examine gender differences in promotion to associate professor in economics. We found that women in economics were 15% less likely to be promoted to associate professor after controlling for cumulative publications, citations, grants and grant dollars. In contrast, we found no significant gender differences in promotion in other fields including biomedical science, physical science, political science, mathematics and statistics, and engineering. We separated the sample by the research intensity of institutions and found suggestive evidence that these results were being driven by less research-intensive institutions.

Notes:

April 2021.

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