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Child Care, Research Collaboration, and Gender Differences in Scientific Productivity

Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education Oslo, Norway

Mari Teigen

Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education Oslo, Norway

Large differences in scientific productivity between male and female researchers have not yet been explained satisfactorily. This study finds that child care and lack of research collaboration are the two factors that cause significant gender differences in scientific publishing. Women with young children and women who do not collaborate in research with other scientists are clearly less productive than both their male and female colleagues.

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 21, No. 1, 54-71 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/016224399602100103


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