Equal Access to the Top? : Measuring Selection into Finnish Academia
Helin, J., Koerselman, K., Nokkala, T., Tohmo, T., & Viinikainen, J. (2019). Equal Access to the Top? : Measuring Selection into Finnish Academia. Social Inclusion, 7(1), 90-100. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i1.1620
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Basic or discovery scholarshipTaloustiedeKoulutuksen tutkimuslaitosBasic or discovery scholarshipEconomicsFinnish Institute for Educational ResearchCopyright
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In this article, we draw a parallel between equality of opportunity in educational transitions and equality of opportunity in academic careers. In both cases, many methodological problems can be ameliorated by the use of longitudinal rather than cross-sectional data. We illustrate this point by using Finnish full-population register data to follow the educational and academic careers of the 1964-1966 birth cohorts from birth to the present day. We show how the Finnish professoriate is highly selected both in terms of parental background and in terms of gender. Individuals of different backgrounds differ greatly in the likelihood of completing different educational and academic transitions, but much less in the age at which they make these transitions. By contrast, women’s academic careers differ from those of men both in terms of timing and in terms of rates, with women’s PhDs and full professorships seemingly delayed compared to those of men. We additionally show with the help of a 2015 cross-section of Finnish professors how such differences are easily overlooked in cross-sectional data.
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We are grateful to Anders Björklund, Anne Boschini, the editors, and four anonymous referees for helpful comments. This research was supported by the Academy of Finland grant (number 297460) “Exiting Academics in Networked Knowledge Societies”.License
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