"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
Datum der Publikation: 2011
Ausgabe: 6
Nummer: 18
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: CTS: Revista iberoamericana de ciencia, tecnología y sociedad
Zusammenfassung
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