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2021-10-14

Gender differences in the academic career of economics in Brazil

Diferencias de género en la carrera académica de Economía en Brasil

Palabras clave:

gender, academic career, conferences, economics, Brazil (en)
género, carrera académica, conferencias, Economía, Brasil (es)

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  • Fabiana Rocha Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía
  • Paula Pereda Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía
  • Liz Matsunaga Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía
  • María Dolores Montoya Díaz Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía
  • Renata Narita Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía
  • Bruna Pugialli Borges Universidad de Sao Paulo - Departamento de Economía

In this paper, we study the underrepresentation of women in economics in Brazil by analysing the evolution of their academic careers and their participation in two leading national economics conferences. To depict the path of women in the profession, we use novel data collected from annual surveys carried out by the Brazilian Women in Economics research group, data from the ANPEC exam, the unified admission exam for graduate programmes in economics and secondary data provided by the two main economics associations in Brazil. We find that it is more difficult for women to progress to tenure, and, therefore, there are “leaks in the academic career pipeline”. There are also persistent gender differences in the choice of research fields, as women mostly research on applied microeconomics.

En este artículo estudiamos la subrepresentación de mujeres en Economía en Brasil mediante el análisis de la evolución de sus carreras académicas y su participación en las dos principales conferencias nacionales de Economía. Utilizamos datos novedosos de una encuesta anual recopilada por el grupo de investigación Brazilian Women in Economics, datos del examen unificado de admisión para programas de posgrado en Economía —el examen “ANPEC”— y datos secundarios proporcionados por las dos principales asociaciones brasileñas de Economía. Encontramos que es más difícil para las mujeres avanzar a la titularidad y, por tanto, como se ha reportado para otros países, en las universidades brasileñas “la tubería también tiene fugas”. Además, existen diferencias de género persistentes en la elección de los campos de investigación, ya que las mujeres investigan principalmente en microeconomía aplicada.

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