Inhalt: This study investigates a unique incentive-based affirmative action program in Germany’s academic labor market. By analyzing a sample of business administration professors, we document that the probability that a newly tenured professor is female increases at universities that participate in this government program compared to universities that do not. By delving deeper into the mechanisms of the program, we show that program universities lowered the entry barrier for tenured professorships regarding publication records for new female professors. While favoring women, we show that the program had no harmful effects on male professors regarding the entry barrier to tenured professorships. Overall, we provide evidence
Highlights
The study analyzes an affirmative action program, the WPP, in the German academic labor market for business administration
The program increases the likelihood that a newly tenured professor is female at WPP universities
At WPP universities, the program lowers the entry barrier (publication records) for newly tenured female professors
In contrast, the program, does not affect publication records for newly tenured male professors of the effectiveness of financial incentives as a means of reducing female underrepresentation in academic labor markets.
Schlagwörter:bibliometric analysis; Gleichstellungspolitik; Professorinnenprogramm; publication; Wirtschaftswissenschaft
CEWS Kategorie:Berufsbiographie und Karriere, Gleichstellungspolitik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz