School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Franca Buelow
Bioprotection Centre of Research Excellence, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln, New Zealand; School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Liam Gibson
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ann Brower
School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
We use data from 30 countries and find that the more women in a discipline, the lower quality the research in that discipline is evaluated to be and the lower the funding success rate is. This affects men and women, and is robust to age, number of research outputs, and bibliometric measures where such data are available. Our work builds on others’ findings that women’s work is valued less, regardless of who performs that work.
