Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences) ›› 2023, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 84-97.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2023.05.007

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Are Women No Inferior to Men: A Study on Gender Differences of Engineering Doctors in Elite Academic Positions

Ying Zhao1, Wenqin Shen2, Jun Zhu3, Haotian Xu2   

  1. 1. Policy and Regulation Research Office of Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    2. Graduate School of Education, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
    3. Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China
  • Online:2023-05-01 Published:2023-04-26

Abstract:

With the continuous improvement of women’s education, women in the scientific circles have become an important force in scientific research and innovation, but the low proportion of female teachers in universities, especially in science and engineering in research universities, is still a prominent problem. This paper focuses on the employment of engineering doctors in the academic career pipeline, and tries to analyze the gender differences in the acquisition of elite academic positions. The study found that the vast majority of female doctors are willing to continue to engage in academic careers, and from the employment results, there is no statistically significant difference in the probability of male and female doctors obtaining academic posts, but the probability of women obtaining elite academic posts (formerly 211 universities and Chinese Academy of Sciences) is 30% lower than that of men. Further, according to the Oacaxa-blinder decomposition, the probability of male doctors obtaining elite academic positions is 11% higher than that of female doctors, and almost 100% are classified as “the unexplainable part of the model”. In combination with this questionnaire, 60% of female doctors believe that they have been treated with gender discrimination in the process of employment. We can cautiously infer that gender discrimination in the process of employment still exists in a way that is difficult to observe.

Key words: doctor of engineering, obtain employment, elite academic positions, gender differences