Working Paper: NBER ID: w27789
Authors: Jacques Mairesse; Michele Pezzoni; Fabiana Visentin
Abstract: In this study, we investigate what are the factors of the promotion of female and male scientists at the French Institute of Physics (INP) at CNRS, one of the largest European public research organizations. We construct a long panel of INP physicists combining various data sources on their research activities and career. Using event history analysis, we find that female and male physicists have the same rate of promotion from junior to senior positions when controlling for research productivity and a variety of other promotion factors. Our results also suggest that promotion factors such as family characteristics, mentoring, professional network, research responsibilities have different impacts on female and male researchers.
Keywords: gender disparities; promotion; scientific productivity; event history analysis
JEL Codes: I23; J16
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Gender (J16) | Promotion rates of female and male physicists (J79) |
| Quantity and quality of scientific publications (A14) | Promotion rates of female and male physicists (J79) |
| Having a larger number of children (J13) | Promotion rate of male researchers (J62) |
| Having a larger number of children (J13) | Promotion rate of female researchers (J62) |
| Having a child under three years old (J13) | Promotion chances of male researchers (J62) |
| Having a child under three years old (J13) | Promotion chances of female researchers (J62) |
| Family characteristics, mentoring, and professional networks (I24) | Promotion rates of female and male researchers (J62) |
| Cox regression analysis (C29) | Promotion rate of female physicists (J16) |