Life-cycle productivity and gender differences in academic research: evidence from a Brazilian public university

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Abstract

Personal attributes and behavioral factors
are key factors in determining researchers’
scientifi c productivity. Investigating what
determines the academic productivity among
university researchers is the purpose of this
study, which uses a sample of microdata from
professors at a public university in Brazil (Federal
University of Juiz de Fora) for the period
1999-2013. The main results show that age
and academic productivity have an inverted-
U-shaped relationship, revealing that experience
enhances academic production. Regarding
gender differences, we found that women
generally have lower average productivity
than men. However, at the end of their careers,
women are subject to greater leverage
effects in productivity and therefore achieve
productive parity with men, especially during
their production peaks.

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Eduardo Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora [https://ror.org/04yqw9c44]

Professor Adjunto da Faculdade de Economia - UFJF

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2023-12-26

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GONÇALVES, E.; SALDANHA, C. T.; SILVA, A. S. da. Life-cycle productivity and gender differences in academic research: evidence from a Brazilian public university. Nova Economia, [S. l.], v. 33, n. 3, p. 0541–0568, 2023. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/7741. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 33 No. 3 (2023): Revista Nova Economia

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