Career Expectations and Outcomes: Evidence (on Gender Gaps) from the Economics Job Market

Brooke Helppie McFall, Eric D. Parolin and Basit Zafar

No 32446, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper investigates gender gaps in long-term career expectations and outcomes of PhD candidates in economics. For this purpose, we match rich survey data on PhD candidates (from the 2008-2010 job market cohorts) to public data on job histories and publication records through 2022. We document four novel empirical facts: (1) there is a robust gender gap in career expectations, with females about 10 percentage points less likely to ex-ante expect to get tenure or publish regularly; (2) the gender gap in expectations is remarkably similar to the gap observed for academic outcomes; (3) expectations are similarly predictive of outcomes for males and females. In addition, the predictive power of expectations does not differ by the relationship status of the individual; and (4) gender gaps in expectations can explain about 19% and 13% of the ex-post gaps in tenure and publications, respectively.

JEL-codes: J16 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06
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