Abstract
We analyze the postdoctoral career tracks of a nearly complete sample of astronomers from 28 United States graduate astronomy and astrophysics programs spanning 13 graduating years (). A majority of both men and women (65% and 66%, respectively) find long-term employment in astronomy or closely related academic disciplines. We find no significant difference in the rates at which men and women are hired into these jobs following their Ph.D.s or in the rates at which they leave the field. Applying a two-outcome survival analysis model to the entire data set, we measure a relative academic hiring probability ratio for women versus men at a common year -post-Ph.D. of and a leaving probability ratio of (95% CI). These are both consistent with equal outcomes for both genders () and rule out more than minor gender differences in hiring or in the decision to abandon an academic career. They suggest that despite discrimination and adversity, women scientists are successful at managing the transition between Ph.D., postdoctoral, and faculty/staff positions.
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