Article ID: CBB332013770

On the Evolution of the Glass Ceiling in Italian Academia: The Case of Economics (2019)

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Following an international trend, Italy has reformed its university system, especially concerning methods and tools for research evaluation, which are increasingly focused on a number of bibliometric indexes. To study the effects of these changes, we analyze the changing profiles of economists who have won competitions for full professorship in the last few decades in the country. We concentrate on individual characteristics and on scientific production. We show that the identification of a univocal and standardized concept of “research quality” within the new research assessments has progressively imposed a strategy of “homologation,” especially for women. We find that women economists are at a higher risk of discrimination than their male colleagues and thus they are more likely to conform their research activities to the standardized profile imposed by the gender-blind application of simplistic bibliometric methods.

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Article Jakob Kapeller; Daniel Meyer (2019) Introduction: Change and Persistence in Contemporary Economics. Science in Context (pp. 357-360). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Claire G.
Cavazza, Marta
Bond, Bradley J.
Bubbico, Francesco
Crucitti, Pierangelo
Canales, Antonio Fco.
Concepts
Women in science
Science and gender
Education
Universities and colleges
Research
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
20th century
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
United States
Spain
Russia
Italy
Bologna (Italy)
Germany
Institutions
Georgia Institute of Technology
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