Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196709 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12211
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of the Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (SWAN) Charter on the wages and employment trajectories of female faculty. The Athena SWAN Charter is a gender equality initiative that formally recognises good practice towards the representation and career progression of women in Science, Technology, Engineer, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) through an accreditation process. We find that the gender wage gap closes after Athena SWAN accreditation. However, female faculty at the non-professorial level are not more likely to being promoted to professor after accreditation, or to move to an Athena SWAN accredited university. Taken together these results suggest that the higher wage growth experienced by female non-professorial faculty after Athena SWAN accreditation is likely to come from pay rises within a particular rank.
Subjects: 
gender equality
positive action
gender pay gap
Athena SWAN
JEL: 
I23
J16
J31
J44
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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