Abstract:
Based on the research productivity database of educational studies faculty from '211 project' university,this paper takes the perspective of social capital and collaboration to explain why female scholars' research productivity is lower than that of male scholars;the phenomenon is also called 'Research Productivity Puzzle'.The findings are as follows:(1) Compared with that of males,all aspects of females' accessible and mobilized social capital level are significantly lower,excepting the aspect of strong ties of collaborative relationships with their own postgraduate tutors;(2) the promotion effect of mobilized social capital to research productivity is stronger for females,as is the weak ties aspect of accessible social capital and as the Quantile Regression results show,the above promotion effect is more obvious as the research productivity grows;(3) and the strong tie aspect of social capital,which is represented by the collaboration with one's own postgraduate tutor,has no promotion effect with regards to research productivity for neither gender.In particular,it even shows negative effects for females who have high research productivity.This paper explains the 'Research Productivity Puzzle' from a relatively new perspective,while using panel data and applying econometric model design in order to reveal the causal effect exhaustively as possible.Some policy implications for faculty development are also discussed.
Key words:
research productivity; gender differences; social capital; research cooperation
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