Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment

Enders, Jürgen and Bornmann, Lutz (2004) Social origin and gender of doctoral degree holders: impact of particularistic attributes in access to and in later career attainment. Scientometrics, 61 (1), 19-41.

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Abstract

Within the scope of this article we went further into the question to what extent particularistic attributes - social origin and gender - can affect selection processes (1) in access to and (2) in later career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree. The analyses are based on a questionnaire survey (n = 2 244) among doctoral degree holders achieving the doctoral degree in six selected disciplines (biology, electrical engineering, German studies, mathematics, social sciences, and business studies/ economics) at German universities. In terms of our first object of investigation, the analyses show that in four out of six disciplines doctoral degree holders are a selected group compared to university graduates with regard to both social origin and gender. In terms of our second object of investigation - the impact of particularistic attributes on several indicators of further career attainment after achieving the doctoral degree (career inside or outside higher education and science, career position and income) the results point to a stronger impact of gender compared to social origin.

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