Working Paper: NBER ID: w28493
Authors: Brad M. Barber; Wei Jiang; Adair Morse; Manju Puri; Heather Tookes; Ingrid M. Werner
Abstract: Using a survey of AFA members, we analyze how demographics, time allocation, production mechanisms, and institutional factors affect research production during the pandemic. Consistent with the literature, research productivity falls more for women and faculty with young children. Independently and novel, extra time spent teaching (much more likely for women) negatively affects research productivity. Also novel are the results that concerns about feedback, isolation, and health have large negative research effects, disproportionately affecting junior faculty and PhD students. Finally, faculty facing greater concerns about employers’ finances report larger negative research effects and more concerns about feedback, isolation and health.
Keywords: Finance; Research Productivity; Pandemic; COVID-19
JEL Codes: G0; G01
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| disruptions to time allocations (J29) | research productivity (O47) |
| time allocation disruptions (J29) | research productivity (O47) |
| concerns about feedback (E61) | research productivity (O47) |
| isolation (Y40) | research productivity (O47) |
| health concerns (I12) | research productivity (O47) |
| financial conditions of institutions (G21) | research productivity (O47) |
| time spent on childcare (J22) | likelihood of negative impacts on productivity (F66) |
| concerns about employer's finances (G33) | research productivity (O47) |