@phdthesis{Goldan2023,
  author    = {Goldan, Lea},
  title     = {Occupational destinations and professional success among doctoral graduates in Germany},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-32313},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-323137},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {As opposed to general expectation and perception, doctoral graduates do not necessarily strive for or realize the ideal-typical academic career. In many Western countries, career opportunities and paths for doctoral graduates have diversified, and academia is not their only occupational destination, with a large proportion leaving academia to work in public service, in companies' research and development departments, or in non-profit organizations. Against this background, this thesis examines postdoctoral careers by means of the midterm occupational destinations and professional success among doctoral graduates in the academic and non-academic labour markets in Germany. With regard to occupational destinations, I investigate where doctoral graduates are employed following graduation and how their occupational destinations can be explained. With regard to professional success, I investigate various objective and subjective success indicators related to the returns to doctoral degrees — such as earnings, management positions, and job satisfaction — and systematically include the graduates' occupational destinations in the analyses. I also consider social inequalities regarding both research topics.},
  subject      = {Promotion},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GoldanJaksztatGross2023,
  author    = {Goldan, Lea and Jaksztat, Steffen and Gross, Christiane},
  title     = {How does obtaining a permanent employment contract affect the job satisfaction of doctoral graduates inside and outside academia?},
  series = {Higher Education},
  volume    = {86},
  journal   = {Higher Education},
  number    = {1},
  issn      = {0018-1560},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10734-022-00908-7},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-324766},
  pages     = {185-208},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Previous research has shown that temporary employment is negatively associated with many psychological and job-related outcomes, such as well-being, health, wages, organisational commitment, and job satisfaction. Among recent doctoral graduates, the proportion of temporary contracts is particularly high. However, research on the association between contract type and job satisfaction specifically among doctoral graduates is scarce. Therefore, whether and how obtaining permanent employment affects doctoral graduates' job satisfaction remains a notable research gap that we intend to narrow by using panel data from a recent doctoral graduation cohort and by adopting a panel research design. We examine what effect obtaining permanent employment has on doctoral graduates' job satisfaction and whether this effect differs by labour market sector. We use panel data that are representative of the 2014 doctoral graduation cohort in Germany and their career trajectories up to five years after graduation. We apply fixed-effects regression to approximate the within-effect of obtaining a permanent employment contract on job satisfaction. The analyses indicate that obtaining permanent employment increases doctoral graduates' job satisfaction and that this increase is not driven by time-varying confounders. We also find that doctoral graduates' labour market sector moderates the effect: the increase in job satisfaction is highest in the academic sector and statistically significantly different from that in the private sector. Overall, this paper offers new insights into the effect of obtaining a permanent contract on the job satisfaction of recent doctoral graduates throughout their first years after graduation, when they are often employed on temporary contracts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@techreport{Goldan2020,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {Goldan, Lea},
  title     = {The Early Career Gender Pay Gap among Doctoral Graduates in Germany},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-21634},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-216347},
  pages     = {24},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Previous research has shown that female doctoral graduates earn less than male doctoral graduates; how-ever, the determinants of this gender pay gap remain largely unexplored. Therefore, this paper investigates the determinants of the early career gender pay gap among doctoral graduates in Germany. By relying on effects on the supply and demand sides and feedback between them, I theoretically derive determinants of the gender pay gap that comprise doctoral and occupational characteristics. Using data from a representative German panel study of the 2014 doctoral graduation cohort, I analyse the gender pay gap two years after graduation. I apply linear regression on the logarithmic gross monthly earnings and Oaxaca-Blinder de-composition to examine the explanatory contribution of the determinants to the gender pay gap. The anal-yses reveal that female graduates earn 27.2 \% less than male graduates two years after graduation. Male graduates being paid a premium outside academia partly drives this gender pay gap. The considered deter-minants largely explain the overall gender pay gap, the most important determinants being working hours, doctoral subject, industry, professional experience gained after graduation, company size, and academic employment. The results offer new insights on the determinants of the early career gender pay gap among doctoral graduates and thereby shed light on one dimension of gender inequalities in post-doctoral careers.},
  subject      = {Doktor},
  language  = {en}
}