Donna Ginther Explained
Donna Ginther is a Roy A. Roberts and Regents[1] Distinguished Professor of economics[2] and the director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research at the University of Kansas.[3] She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[4] She is known for her expertise on scientific labor markets, wage inequality, and gender differences in employment outcomes.[5]
Biography
Ginther earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1987, Master of Arts in 1991, and a doctorate in economics in 1995, all from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She taught at Southern Methodist University, Washington University in St. Louis, and has been a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.[6] [7]
Research
Professor Ginther's research focuses on scientific labor markets, gender differences in employment, particularly in academia, and outcomes for children. It has been covered by the popular media, including Science,[8] the New York Times,[9] [10] the Economist, and National Public Radio . She has testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions.[11] [12]
Selected works
- Ceci, Stephen J., Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn, and Wendy M. Williams. "Women in academic science: A changing landscape." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 15, no. 3 (2014): 75–141.
- Ginther, Donna K., and Robert A. Pollak. "Family structure and children’s educational outcomes: Blended families, stylized facts, and descriptive regressions." Demography 41, no. 4 (2004): 671–696.
- Ginther, Donna K., and Shulamit Kahn. "Women in economics: moving up or falling off the academic career ladder?." Journal of Economic perspectives 18, no. 3 (2004): 193–214.
- Ginther, Donna, Robert Haveman, and Barbara Wolfe. "Neighborhood attributes as determinants of children's outcomes: how robust are the relationships?." Journal of Human Resources (2000): 603–642.
- Ginther, Donna K., Walter T. Schaffer, Joshua Schnell, Beth Masimore, Faye Liu, Laurel L. Haak, and Raynard Kington. "Race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards." Science 333, no. 6045 (2011): 1015–1019.
- Blau, Francine D., Janet M. Currie, Rachel TA Croson, and Donna K. Ginther. "Can mentoring help female assistant professors? Interim results from a randomized trial." American Economic Review 100, no. 2 (2010): 348–52.
Notes and References
- Web site: Donna Ginther awarded Regents Distinguished Professorship . 28 February 2022 .
- Web site: 2020-09-08. KU Distinguished Professors. live. 2020-09-11. The University of Kansas. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164124/http://distinguishedprofessors.ku.edu/donna-ginther . 2021-07-14 .
- Web site: Our Team Institute for Policy & Social Research. ipsr.ku.edu. 2020-03-05.
- Web site: Donna K. Ginther. www.nber.org. 2020-02-04.
- Web site: Donna Ginther - Gender Summit. gender-summit.com. 2020-02-04.
- Web site: Donna Ginther. NAE Website. 2020-02-04.
- Summer 2006. Donna Ginther: Life as a Peripatetic Economist. Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. 1, 13.
- Web site: Study identifies a key reason black scientists are less likely to receive NIH funding. Jeffrey. Mervis. 2019-10-09. Science AAAS. en. 2020-02-04.
- News: Black Scientists Less Likely to Win Federal Research Grants, Study Reports. Chang. Kenneth. 2011-08-18. The New York Times. 2020-02-04. en-US. 0362-4331.
- News: Federal Initiative Aims to Raise Number of Minority Scientists. Chang. Kenneth. 2012-12-17. The New York Times. 2020-02-04. en-US. 0362-4331.
- Web site: Donna K. Ginther. ASM.org. en. 2020-02-04. 2020-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200204220949/https://www.asm.org/Biographies/Donna-K-Ginther. dead.
- Web site: Donna Ginther to lead IPSR. 2019-05-02. The University of Kansas. en. 2020-02-04.
