"Techo de cristal" y "suelo pegajoso"La situación de la mujer en los sistemas alemán y español de ciencia y tecnología
- Torres González, Obdulia M.
- Pau, Bernadette
ISSN: 1668-0030, 1850-0013
Any de publicació: 2011
Volum: 6
Número: 18
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: CTS: Revista iberoamericana de ciencia, tecnología y sociedad
Resum
Germany is the fifth world economy and the first in Europe. It is recognized as a leader in science and technology sectors and it is the country with the second highest R&D expenditure in the European Union. However, it is one of the worst European countries regarding science and gender. The researchers not only face a glass ceiling, but also a sticky floor that illustrates the difficulties faced by women graduates in entering the early stages of an academic career. This paper analyzes the situation of women in the German system and compares it with the Spanish case. Corrected Spanish data are also presented, since those supplied by the INE to the European Commission were wrong. Finally, we recalculate the glass ceiling index and present a brief analysis of the formula used for the calculation