TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gamage, Danula K.
AU  - Sevilla, Almudena
        TI  - Gender Equality and Positive Action: Evidence from UK Universities
        PY  - 2019/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12211
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12211
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - gender pay gap
KW  - positive action
KW  - gender equality
KW  - Athena SWAN
        ER  -