Donna K Ginther
Biographic Data
| ID | 1322875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna K Ginther |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna K |
| FAMILY NAME | Ginther |
| SIGNATURE | GINTHER D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0881-7969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 170 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Do two wrongs make a right? Measuring the effect of publications on science careers
How many people in the world do research and development
The traditional approach to comparing research and development (R&D) capacity across countries has been to compare Gross Domestic R&D expenditures (GERD). In this paper, we argue for an expansion of R&D capacity that includes people engaged in research and research and development activities (research human capital density, RHCD). To achieve this goal, we first discuss how to estimate counts of researchers and create a measure of researcher human…
Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children's Educational Outcomes
Fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) is associated with substantially worse educational outcomes for children. We focus on children in fathers' second families that are nuclear: households consisting of a man, a woman, their joint children, and no other children. We analyze outcomes for almost 75,000 Norwegian children, all of whom lived in nuclear families until at least age 18. Children with MPF fathers are more likely than other children …
Using Data to Inform the Science of Broadening Participation
In this article, I describe how data and econometric methods can be used to study the science of broadening participation. I start by showing that theory can be used to structure the approach to using data to investigate gender and race/ethnicity differences in career outcomes. I also illustrate this process by examining whether women of color who apply for National Institutes of Health research funding are confronted with a double bind where rac…
Women in Academic Science
Much has been written in the past two decades about women in academic science careers, but this literature is contradictory. Many analyses have revealed a level playing field, with men and women faring equally, whereas other analyses have suggested numerous areas in which the playing field is not level. The only widely-agreed-upon conclusion is that women are underrepresented in college majors, graduate school programs, and the professoriate in t…
Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
NIH research project grants from 2000 to 2006 show evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in the probability of receiving an award.
Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden
Family structure and children’s educational outcomes
This article adds to the growing literature describing correlations between children’s educational outcomes and family structure. Popular discussions have focused on the distinction between two-parent families and single-parent families. This article shows that educational outcomes for both types of children in blended families—stepchildren and their half-siblings who are the joint children of both parents—are similar to each other and substantia…
Women in Economics
The percentage of economics doctorates awarded to women has increased over the past twenty years. This article considers whether women Ph.D. economists have increased their representation in academia, particularly at higher tenured ranks. Our study draws upon several empirical approaches and multiple data sets for the 1990s. We find that when compared with other academic disciplines, women in economics are less likely to get tenure and take longe…
Is MIT an Exception? Gender Pay Differences in Academic Science
This study uses data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate gender differences in salaries for academic scientists. Over time gender salary differences can partly be explained by differences in observable characteristics for faculty at the assistant and associate ranks. Substantial gender salary differences for full professors are not explained by observable characteristics. Between 1973 and 1997, very little has changed in terms of …
Is the male marriage premium due to selection? The effect of shotgun weddings on the return to marriage
Neighborhood Attributes as Determinants of Children's Outcomes
Donna Ginther, Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe, Neighborhood Attributes as Determinants of Children's Outcomes: How Robust Are the Relationships?, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 603-642
Alternative Estimates of the Effect of Schooling on Earnings
This paper examines how assumptions imposed on the data influence estimates of schooling's effect on earnings. The paper models schooling decisions as treatment effects and imposes assumptions about schooling selection to estimate bounds on the treatment effect. The study begins by using the worst-case bounds derived by Manski (1989, 1990, 1994, 1995) and adds assumptions from the Roy model of schooling self-selection to narrow the bounds on the …
Family structure and children’s educational outcomes
This article adds to the growing literature describing correlations between children’s educational outcomes and family structure. Popular discussions have focused on the distinction between two-parent families and single-parent families. This article shows that educational outcomes for both types of children in blended families—stepchildren and their half-siblings who are the joint children of both parents—are similar to each other and substantia…
Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden
Is the male marriage premium due to selection? The effect of shotgun weddings on the return to marriage
Women in Economics
The percentage of economics doctorates awarded to women has increased over the past twenty years. This article considers whether women Ph.D. economists have increased their representation in academia, particularly at higher tenured ranks. Our study draws upon several empirical approaches and multiple data sets for the 1990s. We find that when compared with other academic disciplines, women in economics are less likely to get tenure and take longe…
Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children's Educational Outcomes
Fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) is associated with substantially worse educational outcomes for children. We focus on children in fathers' second families that are nuclear: households consisting of a man, a woman, their joint children, and no other children. We analyze outcomes for almost 75,000 Norwegian children, all of whom lived in nuclear families until at least age 18. Children with MPF fathers are more likely than other children …
Neighborhood Attributes as Determinants of Children's Outcomes
Donna Ginther, Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe, Neighborhood Attributes as Determinants of Children's Outcomes: How Robust Are the Relationships?, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 603-642
Alternative Estimates of the Effect of Schooling on Earnings
This paper examines how assumptions imposed on the data influence estimates of schooling's effect on earnings. The paper models schooling decisions as treatment effects and imposes assumptions about schooling selection to estimate bounds on the treatment effect. The study begins by using the worst-case bounds derived by Manski (1989, 1990, 1994, 1995) and adds assumptions from the Roy model of schooling self-selection to narrow the bounds on the …
Is the male marriage premium due to selection? The effect of shotgun weddings on the return to marriage
Is MIT an Exception? Gender Pay Differences in Academic Science
This study uses data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate gender differences in salaries for academic scientists. Over time gender salary differences can partly be explained by differences in observable characteristics for faculty at the assistant and associate ranks. Substantial gender salary differences for full professors are not explained by observable characteristics. Between 1973 and 1997, very little has changed in terms of …
Family structure and children’s educational outcomes
This article adds to the growing literature describing correlations between children’s educational outcomes and family structure. Popular discussions have focused on the distinction between two-parent families and single-parent families. This article shows that educational outcomes for both types of children in blended families—stepchildren and their half-siblings who are the joint children of both parents—are similar to each other and substantia…
Women in Economics
The percentage of economics doctorates awarded to women has increased over the past twenty years. This article considers whether women Ph.D. economists have increased their representation in academia, particularly at higher tenured ranks. Our study draws upon several empirical approaches and multiple data sets for the 1990s. We find that when compared with other academic disciplines, women in economics are less likely to get tenure and take longe…
Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden
Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
NIH research project grants from 2000 to 2006 show evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in the probability of receiving an award.
Women in Academic Science
Much has been written in the past two decades about women in academic science careers, but this literature is contradictory. Many analyses have revealed a level playing field, with men and women faring equally, whereas other analyses have suggested numerous areas in which the playing field is not level. The only widely-agreed-upon conclusion is that women are underrepresented in college majors, graduate school programs, and the professoriate in t…
Using Data to Inform the Science of Broadening Participation
In this article, I describe how data and econometric methods can be used to study the science of broadening participation. I start by showing that theory can be used to structure the approach to using data to investigate gender and race/ethnicity differences in career outcomes. I also illustrate this process by examining whether women of color who apply for National Institutes of Health research funding are confronted with a double bind where rac…
Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children's Educational Outcomes
Fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) is associated with substantially worse educational outcomes for children. We focus on children in fathers' second families that are nuclear: households consisting of a man, a woman, their joint children, and no other children. We analyze outcomes for almost 75,000 Norwegian children, all of whom lived in nuclear families until at least age 18. Children with MPF fathers are more likely than other children …
How many people in the world do research and development
The traditional approach to comparing research and development (R&D) capacity across countries has been to compare Gross Domestic R&D expenditures (GERD). In this paper, we argue for an expansion of R&D capacity that includes people engaged in research and research and development activities (research human capital density, RHCD). To achieve this goal, we first discuss how to estimate counts of researchers and create a measure of researcher human…
Do two wrongs make a right? Measuring the effect of publications on science careers
Economics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Statistics (5 works) · Demography (4 works)