The Gender Composition and Scholarly Performance of Economics Departments: A Test for Employment Discrimination
The Gender Composition and Scholarly Performance of Economics Departments: A Test for Employment Discrimination
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经济系的性别构成和学术表现：就业歧视的检验
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1996
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L. D. Singell
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Van Kolpin;L. D. Singell
利用1973年、1977年、1982年和1987年学术界经济学家的数据，作者调查了职位上的性别差异及其对部门生产率的影响。初步分析显示，在所研究的年份里，在每位教员的学术出版物数量上排名最高的院系，最不可能聘用女教员。第二项分析显示，在20世纪70年代雇用较少女性的部门，其出版物排名相对于其他部门有所下降。最后，在第三项分析中，作者发现，在类似机构中，上世纪70年代的经济学家中，女性的研究产出高于男性同行。这些结果否定了对观察到的差别安置的基于生产率的解释，并提供了一些第一个正式证据，证明就业歧视对雇主来说代价高昂。
Using data on academic economists in the years 1973, 1977, 1982, and 1987, the authors investigate gender differences in placement and their consequences for departmental productivity. The initial analysis shows that in the years studied, the departments that were highest-ranked on a measure of scholarly publications per faculty member were the least likely to hire female faculty. A second analysis shows that departments that hired fewer women in the 1970s subsequently declined in publications rank relative to other departments. Finally, in a third analysis the authors find that the research output of women in the 1970s cohort of economists was greater than that of their male counterparts at comparable institutions. These results reject productivity-based explanations for the observed differential placement, and they provide some of the first formal evidence that employment discrimination is costly to the employer.