Gender bias in academic recruitment

Giovanni Abramo (), Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo () and Francesco Rosati ()
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Giovanni Abramo: National Research Council of Italy
Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Francesco Rosati: Technical University of Denmark

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 106, issue 1, No 8, 119-141

Abstract: Abstract It is well known that women are underrepresented in the academic systems of many countries. Gender discrimination is one of the factors that could contribute to this phenomenon. This study considers a recent national academic recruitment campaign in Italy, examining whether women are subject to more or less bias than men. The findings show that no gender-related differences occur among the candidates who benefit from positive bias, while among those candidates affected by negative bias, the incidence of women is lower than that of men. Among the factors that determine success in a competition for an academic position, the number of the applicant’s career years in the same university as the committee members assumes greater weight for male candidates than for females. Being of the same gender as the committee president is also a factor that assumes greater weight for male applicants. On the other hand, for female applicants, the presence of a full professor in the same university with the same family name as the candidate assumes greater weight than for male candidates.

Keywords: Research evaluation; Bibliometrics; FSS; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1783-3

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