Research Paper

Gender, Parenthood, and Academic Performance: Work-life and Work-work Balance in Russian Academia

Table S1: Sample Selection Criteria and Procedure

Table S2: List of Leading Universities

# University Comment
1-2 Moscow State University; Saint Petersburg State University
3-23 IKBFU (Kaliningrad); HSE (Moscow); FEFU (Vladivostok); KFU (Kazan); MIPT (Moscow); NUST MISiS (Moscow); MEPhI (Moscow); UNN (Nizhny Novgorod); NSU (Novosibirsk); MSMU (Moscow); RUDN (Moscow); SSAU (Samara); LETI (Saint Petersburg); SPbPU (Saint Petersburg); SIBFU (Krasnoyarsk); TSU (Tomsk); TPU (Tomsk); University of Tyumen (Tyumen); ITMO (Saint Petersburg); UrFu (Ekaterinburg); South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk) Project 5-100 partisipants, 5top100.ru/en/

Table S3: Mean Age at First Child Appearance among Women and Men in the Sample

Women
(N=1340)
Men
(N=736)
p-value
  Mean (SD) 26.5 (4.79) 28.0 (5.57) <0.001
  Median [Min, Max] 25.0 [17.0, 45.0] 27.0 [17.0, 54.0]
  Missing 348 (26.0%) 210 (28.5%)

Figure S1: Dynamics of Age at First Birth for Women in the General Population in Russia

Table S4: Comparison of Publication Productivity between Men and Women by Parenthood Status

No Children
One Child
Two Children
Women
(N=303)
Men
(N=165)
p-value Women
(N=543)
Men
(N=204)
p-value Women
(N=412)
Men
(N=254)
p-value
Total publications in RISC
  Mean (SD) 55.3 (47.6) 67.6 (72.5) 0.05 74.1 (64.0) 94.9 (102) 0.00695 70.6 (55.9) 87.5 (82.2) 0.00402
  Median [Min, Max] 42.0 [4.00, 358] 43.0 [4.00, 384] 54.0 [3.00, 431] 69.0 [5.00, 1090] 57.0 [7.00, 381] 61.5 [5.00, 645]
RISC Core publications
  Mean (SD) 4.61 (7.24) 8.01 (14.6) 0.00545 5.46 (7.52) 11.7 (17.3) <0.001 5.43 (8.64) 10.2 (20.6) <0.001
  Median [Min, Max] 2.00 [0, 57.0] 3.00 [0, 106] 3.00 [0, 40.0] 5.00 [0, 116] 2.00 [0, 98.0] 4.00 [0, 225]
Age of respondent
  Mean (SD) 43.6 (12.7) 38.4 (10.4) <0.001 51.0 (10.2) 54.8 (13.9) <0.001 50.3 (10.2) 57.2 (12.8) <0.001
  Median [Min, Max] 42.0 [24.0, 76.0] 36.0 [25.0, 75.0] 50.0 [29.0, 76.0] 56.5 [28.0, 79.0] 48.0 [30.0, 75.0] 59.0 [30.0, 80.0]

Table S5: Regression Analysis of Publication Productivity

Dependent variable:
RISC CoreTotal RISC
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Male3.4***3.2***8.1***15.5**
(0.6)(1.2)(3.1)(6.3)
Age0.020.020.2*0.3*
(0.03)(0.03)(0.1)(0.1)
Have child0.50.85.1-1.5
(0.7)(1.2)(3.7)(6.2)
Assistant Lect vs Head of Dep-10.2***-10.2***-71.4***-71.3***
(2.2)(2.2)(11.4)(11.4)
Associate Prof vs Head of Dep-7.7***-7.7***-42.9***-43.0***
(1.1)(1.1)(5.9)(5.9)
Full Professor vs Head of Dep-1.3-1.311.2*11.2*
(1.2)(1.2)(6.4)(6.4)
Lecturer vs Head of Dep-9.2***-9.2***-67.0***-67.2***
(1.6)(1.6)(8.0)(8.0)
Other positions vs Head of Dep-2.0-2.0-25.2***-25.0***
(1.4)(1.4)(7.2)(7.2)
PhD student vs Head of Dep-11.8***-11.8***-78.7***-78.6***
(2.0)(2.0)(10.2)(10.2)
Uni vs Top Uni-6.6***-6.6***17.1***17.1***
(0.8)(0.8)(4.1)(4.1)
have_child:women-0.39.7
(1.4)(7.3)
Constant15.9***16.1***72.3***68.4***
(2.0)(2.0)(10.2)(10.6)
Observations2,0602,0602,0602,060
R20.10.10.20.2
Adjusted R20.10.10.20.2
Residual Std. Error12.5 (df = 2049)12.5 (df = 2048)64.7 (df = 2049)64.7 (df = 2048)
F Statistic31.5*** (df = 10; 2049)28.6*** (df = 11; 2048)42.4*** (df = 10; 2049)38.7*** (df = 11; 2048)
Note:*p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01