Do mothers get lost at the postdoc stage? Event history analysis of psychologists at German universities (1980–2019)

Abstract Women in academia are typically outnumbered by men, a phenomenon metaphorically known as “the leaky pipeline.” This study contributes showing motherhood penalty the career pipeline at postdoctoral stage Germany—that is, during habilitation. Based on CV information and an email survey, paper examines which factors associated with being awarded habilitation whether these differ between women men well mothers fathers. Using Cox regressions of retrospective trajectories almost all psychologists German universities 2019 (2527 scientists 37,423 publications), shows that SSCI/SCIE articles having PhD from abroad increase risk more strongly for than Net observed CVs, however, have 42% significantly lower risk.