TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Krapf, Matthias
AU  - Ursprung, Heinrich W.
AU  - Zimmermann, Christian
        TI  - Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe
        PY  - 2014/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7904
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7904
        AB  - We examine the effect of pregnancy and parenthood on the research productivity of academic economists. Combining the survey responses of nearly 10,000 economists with their publication records as documented in their RePEc accounts, we do not find that motherhood is associated with low research productivity. Nor do we find a statistically significant unconditional effect of a first child on research productivity. Conditional difference-in-differences estimates, however, suggest that the effect of parenthood on research productivity is negative for unmarried women and positive for untenured men. Moreover, becoming a mother before 30 years of age appears to have a detrimental effect on research productivity.
        KW  - life cycle
KW  - research productivity
KW  - gender gap
KW  - research productivity
KW  - fertility
        ER  -