期刊名称：Discussion Papers in Economics / Department of Economics, University of York
出版年度：2017
卷号：2017
出版社：University of York
摘要：In the UK, Lecturers have future career paths that are the most sensitive to early recognition of research quality. Nevertheless, only 49% of the Lecturers in economics were submitted to the latest national Research Excellence Framework (REF2014): 40% of women and 53% of men. Using a rich new data source, and controlling for a range of observable characteristics expected to determine submission probability, we find more than 70% of the variance in selection propensity is left unexplained; implying considerable arbitrariness. A substantial conditional gender gap of 9.7% is also found. Given the potential inequalities associated with accumulative advantage for the individual, we fear that without a fully inclusive selection rule, Lecturers in economics should be left out of the UK REF process.
