Public Funding of Research into Ethnological Activities in Andalusia (Spain): Boosting the Academic Career of Researchers

The advent of democracy in Spain and the establishment different autonomous communities marked beginning a process to transfer political, economic other competences over Culture Cultural Heritage. Following its creation 1984, Ministry Andalusian Autonomous Government incorporated Directorate-General for Assets into organisational structure embarked on an ambitious programme actions support historical heritage, including management structure, enactment specific heritage law budget allocations protection tasks. From outset, type little known until then emerged: ethnological heritage. Dynamic were also promoted fund research this area, grants activities, financing publications funding symposiums. This paper analyses activities carried out their funding, assesses extent which investment favoured professional development teaching staff field Social Anthropology Andalusia, specifying marginal effects differentiating them according gender university size using binary choice models (Logit).