Alone in the Ivory Tower
The preceding discussion on the effects of family patterns on the academic careers of men and women PhDs raises an obvious question: Should women PhDs delay marriage and fertility until after they have secured a ladder-rank faculty position so as to maximize their likelihood of enjoying both a robust career and family life? Using data from the SDR and a second data source, the University of California Work and Family survey (Mason, Stacy, and Goulden 2004), we have recently examined precisely this issue.
Robert M. Gray, September 12, 2004
