We use a large dataset of approximately 1500 physicists employed by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France to investigate the role of cumulative advantage in their publication career. Measuring output by time series of the number of publications and the number of...

"In Career and Family, Claudia Goldin builds on decades of complex research to examine the gender pay gap and the unequal distribution of labor between couples in the home. Goldin argues that although recent public and private discourse has brought these concerns to light, the actions taken-such...

Karrieren von Frauen in Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und Technik sind noch immer selten. Karriereaussichten in diesen Berufen beeinflussen maßgeblich und früh, ob Mädchen und junge Frauen sich für diese Berufe entscheiden. Um mehr qualifizierte Ingenieurinnen und...