Fathers publish more research papers than mothers: Study
While the productivity gap between mothers and fathers has narrowed since 2000, it still exists, the researchers said
Sunday February 28, 2021 8:03 PM, IANS
New York: Despite strides in family-leave offerings, and men taking a greater role in parenting, women in academia still experience about a 20 per cent drop in productivity after having a child, a new study suggests.
According to researchers, including Allison Morgan from the University of Colorado Boulder, persistent differences in parenting roles are the key reason that men tend to publish more research papers than women.
The researchers also found that while parental leave is critically important for women seeking faculty positions, 43 per cent of institutions have no such policy.
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Despite strides in family-leave offerings, and men taking a greater role in parenting, women in academia still experience about a 20% drop in productivity after having a child, while their male counterparts generally do not, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.
The study, published Feb. 24 in the journal
Science Advances, suggests that persistent differences in parenting roles are the key reason that men tend to publish more research papers than women. Because publishing is closely linked to promotion, this gap could have long-term impacts on what academia looks like in the future.
The researchers also found that while parental leave is critically important for women seeking faculty positions, 43% of institutions have no such policy.
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Parenthood leads to greater reductions in short-term research productivity for mothers across three disciplines than for fathers, largely explaining the publication gender gap between women and men in academia, according to an analysis of survey data from 3,064 tenure track faculty at PhD-granting universities in the U.S. and Canada. The findings suggest that policies designed to boost workplace flexibility for parents, including easily accessible lactation rooms and affordable childcare, may help to ease the impact of parenthood on mothers in academia, giving them more time for research. While a large body of previous research across academic fields has shown that men tend to publish more papers than women, the reasons for this have remained uncertain. Researchers have found it challenging to study the impact of parenthood on research productivity, with studies investigating this topic often limited by lack of information on career age, productivity over time, the timing o
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