Gender and Promotion in the Economics Profession

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ID3219928
AutoresJohn M Mcdowell (0000-0002-9070-4874, Arizona State University), Larry D Singell (University of Oregon), James P Ziliak (University of Kentucky)
Ano2001
Volume54
Fascículo2
Páginas224-244
Data de publicação2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979390105400202
OpenAlexW2023616601
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências citadas22

The authors use unique panel data on American Economic Association members to test for gender differences in promotion in a profession with a well-defined promotion and job hierarchy and in which men and women exhibit similar labor-market attachment. The results suggest that over the period from the 1960s through the early 1980s, female economists had lower levels of professional attainment and career advancement than did their male colleagues with similar attributes. These gender differences remain in evidence despite controls for unobserved heterogeneity and self-selection between academic and non-academic jobs. There is evidence, however, that promotion prospects for female economists significantly improved during the 1980s, not only at all ranks, but also within both Ph.D.-granting institutions and non-Ph.D.-granting institutions. In fact, the results reveal no unexplained gender-specific differences in promotion by the end of the 1980s

Demographic economics · Economics · Hierarchy · Labour economics · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Sociology · Test (biology) · Economic Theory and Institutions · Innovations in Educational Methods · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance