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Women in top academic positions: Is there a trickle-down effect?| old_uid | 19424 |
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| title | Women in top academic positions: Is there a trickle-down effect? |
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| start_date | 2022/06/02 |
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| schedule | 11h-12h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle R2.01 |
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| summary | We study how the presence of women in top academic positions affects future hiring decisions and the characteristics of PhD students. We exploit a natural experiment that generated exogenous variation across Spanish university departments in the probability that male and female faculty are promoted to Associate and Full Professor positions. From 2002 to 2006, the composition of review committees was randomized, and applicants were significantly more likely to be promoted if, by luck of the draw, they were assessed by a committee including a colleague, a co-author, or a former advisor. Our analysis shows that the gender of these “marginal” successful applicants has long-term consequences on the gender composition of the department, the number of male and female PhD students, and their research topics. |
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| responsibles | Chassagnon, Apouey |
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