Investments in Early Career Scientists: Promoting Diversity in Science Careers
Organized by Donna K. Ginther, Kaye G. Husbands, and Bruce A. Weinberg
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 21, 2023
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and Zoom

Thursday, April 20

6:30 pm

Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, April 21

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Welcome
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER

9:10 am

Panel Discussion: What Do We Need to Understand About Early Career Scientists?
Rikke Nørding Christensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Tara Schwetz, National Institutes of Health
Blanton Tolbert, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Gender and Early Career Outcomes

10:30 am

Gender, Ethnicity and Funding of Early Career Researchers: Evidence from the UK’s Medical Research Council (slides)

Charitini Stavropoulou, City, University of London
Ian Viney, Medical Research Council

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Academic Performance

Sofie Cairo, Copenhagen Business School
Sofie Dalum, Statistics Denmark
Valentina Tartari, Stockholm School of Economics

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Can Affirmative Action Remedy Gender Inequality in Science? Evidence from Early Career Funding

Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Immigration and Career Outcomes

1:45 pm

Green Card Quotas and the Misallocation of Talent: Evidence from the STEM Doctoral Labor Market

Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College

2:30 pm

Where Do Immigrant Scientists Work? Evidence from Artificial Intelligence PhDs (slides)

Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Britta Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

3:15 pm

Break

Supply, Demand and Aging

3:30 pm

Innovation Nation: Evidence from Broadening Access to Ph.D. Training in the U.S. (slides)

Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado Boulder
Kirk B. Doran, University of Notre Dame
Xuechao Qian, University of California, Irvine
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER

3:50 pm

The Rise of Teamwork and Career Prospects in Academic Science

Mabel Andalón, The University of Melbourne
Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Kwanghui Lim, Melbourne Business School

4:10 pm

Aging Scientists and Slowed Advance

Haochuan Cui, University of Pittsburgh
Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburgh
James Evans, University of Chicago

4:30 pm

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER