Gender differences in scientific productivity: a persisting phenomenon?

Pleun Arensbergen, Inge van der Weijden and Peter Besselaar ()
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Pleun Arensbergen: Rathenau Institute
Inge van der Weijden: Leiden University
Peter Besselaar: VU University Amsterdam

Scientometrics, 2012, vol. 93, issue 3, No 17, 857-868

Abstract: Abstract There is substantial literature on research performance differences between male and female researchers, and its explanation. Using publication records of 852 social scientists, we show that performance differences indeed exist. However, our case study suggests that in the younger generation of researchers these have disappeared. If performance differences exist at all in our case, young female researchers outperform young male researchers. The trend in developed societies, that women increasingly outperform men in all levels of education, is also becoming effective in the science system.

Keywords: Scholarly performance; Gender differences; Generation differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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