TOP RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY AND ITS PERSISTENCE: GENDER AS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde
• 署名单位: KU Leuven; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR)
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00275
• 发表日期: 2013-03
• 页码: 273-285
• 关键词: sex-differences; publication productivity; duration; models; AGE

摘要

The paper contributes to the debate on top performance in research productivity, its persistence over time, and the impact of gender. It uses a panel data set comprising the publications of all biomedical and exact scientists at the University of Leuven in the period 1992 to 2001. We find that women have a significant lower probability of reaching top performance for the first time in their career, particularly for top performance measured through citations, but there is no evidence for a gender bias hindering repeated top performance. On the contrary, women seem to persist in top performance more easily than men do.