| By: |
Rossello, Giulia (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University);
Cowan, Robin (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, BETA, Universite de Strasbourg, IUF Descartes, and CREST, Stellenbosch University.);
Mairesse, Jacques (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, CREST-ENSAE, and NBER) |
| Abstract: |
We study whether student-advisor gender and race couples matter for
publication productivity of Ph.D. students in South Africa. We consider the
sample of all Ph.D.s in STEM graduating between 2000 and 2014, after the
recent systematic introduction of doctoral programs in this country. We
investigate the joint effects of gender and race for the whole sample and
looking separately at the sub-samples of (1) whitewhite; (2) black-black; and
(3) black-white student-advisor couples. We find early career productivity
differences: while female students publish on average 10% to 20% fewer
articles than males, this is true mainly for female students working with a
male advisor, not for those working with a female one. These disparities are
similar, though more pronounced, when looking at the joint effects of gender
and race for the white-white and black-black student-advisor pairs. We also
explore whether publication productivity differences change significantly for
students with a high, medium, or low “productivity-profile†, and find that
they are U-shaped. Female students with a high (or low)
“productivity-profile†studying with female advisors are as productive than
male students with a high (or low) “productivity-profile†studying with
male advisors. |
| Keywords: |
Gender and race, Student Advisor, South Africa, Doctoral research, research productivity, Role models |
| JEL: |
A14 I23 I24 J15 J16 J24 O32 |
| Date: |
2020–05–15 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:unm:unumer:2020021&r=all |