报告题目：Can affirmative action remedy gender inequality in science? Evidence from early career funding

报告人：胡枫，北京科技大学

报告时间：2024年11月22日（星期五）上午10:00-11:30

报告地点：英国正版365官方网站大楼318

邀请部门：经济学系

报告人简介：

胡枫，现为北京科技大学经济管理学院教授、博士生导师。2007年1月毕业于北京大学光华管理学院，获得管理学博士学位。主要研究领域为劳动经济学、教育经济学等。已在Nature Human Behavior、Review of Economics and Statistics、Journal of Comparative Economics 、《管理世界》、《金融研究》等国内外期刊发表论文20余篇，并主持2项国家自然科学基金项目和1项国家社会科学基金项目。

报告摘要：

We study the impacts of a large national affirmative action policy designed to reduce gender inequality in science. The policy extended the maximum age of eligibility for an important early career grant in China by five years for women, while leaving it unchanged for men. We find that the policy significantly increases the number of female recipients of this grant, concentrated in the newly-eligible age range. This policy, however, reduces women's likelihood of securing larger scientific grants and achieving academic promotion later in their careers. We find no evidence that this policy affects women's subsequent scientific productivity. These findings highlight the need for more comprehensive and coordinated measures to remedy persistent gender inequality in science.