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Recent evidence suggests that women are more likely to be selected for professorships when they apply. This female advantage may be partly due to the widely promoted gender-equality policy of having a substantial female quota in selection committees. Yet, research has rarely considered whether male and female committee members evaluate applicants for professorships differently. We address this research gap based on a large factorial survey experiment with German university professors from different disciplines. We asked these professors to rate how qualified hypothetical applicants are for full professorships and the likelihood of inviting these applicants for a job interview.

Die Studie schreibt Indikatoren zur Qualifikationsstruktur der Erwerbstätigen, zur Hochschulbildung sowie zur Teilnahme an Weiterbildung fort. Bei der Qualifikationsstruktur zeichnet sich Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich durch einen niedrigeren Anteil von Erwerbstätigen mit tertiärer Qualifikation aus (ISCED 5 bis 8), während mittlere Qualifikationen, insbesondere postsekundare nichttertiäre Abschlüsse (ISCED 4), überdurchschnittlich häufig sind. Die Zahl der inländischen Studienanfänger*innen sank 2021, während wieder mehr internationale Studierende kamen. Die Zahl der Abschlüsse stieg deutlich an. Die individuelle Weiterbildung blieb tendenziell stabil, die betriebliche Weiterbildung ging pandemiebedingt zurück.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, contact, education, and employment opportunities have fundamentally changed worldwide. However, various studies have pointed out that not everyone is equally affected by the changed circumstances. This paper focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the study situation in German higher education and explores the question to what extent the pandemic has led to increasing or decreasing social inequalities. Building on social stratification research and Tinto’s model of social and academic integration we focus on dropout intentions of traditionally disadvantaged student groups – students with disabilities, with children, from families with lower levels of education, and with a migrant background. (...)

The German initiative of excellence was the most far-reaching political measure in university funding–a shift from an equal distribution of funds, rooted in Humboldt’s tradition, to large-scale merit-based funding. Recent studies have examined the question how the initiative has affected (in)equality in university funding; but as yet little is known about effects on graduates’ monetary returns for university degrees. We analyse whether a degree from a ‘university of excellence’ leads to a wage premium at labour market entry. Inspired by previous work that found advantages only for subgroups, we further analyse whether the excellence effect on wages differs by social background and gender.