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Moving in Academia: Who Moves and What Happens After?

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  • Melany Gualavisi
  • Marieke Kleemans
  • Rebecca Thornton

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We study labor mobility among academic economists in the United States. Analyzing CV data from over 6,000 economists at Research 1 institutions, we document that female assistant and associate professors are 8 percentage points less likely to move with promotion than their male counterparts. Women are also more likely than men to relocate to lower-ranked institutions. Event study graphs reveal that men working in departments that receive a new faculty member see their publication output increase by more than twice as much as that of women in these departments. Our findings highlight significant gender differences in who moves and what happens after.

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  • Melany Gualavisi & Marieke Kleemans & Rebecca Thornton, 2024. "Moving in Academia: Who Moves and What Happens After?," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 232-237, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:114:y:2024:p:232-37
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241117
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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