Table 3.

Postdoc training on the likelihood of obtaining tenure-track faculty position 7–9 years after PhD

Social SciencesSTEM
VariableUnweightedWeightedUnweightedWeighted
Postdoc Training0.111**
(0.064)
0.163***
(0.058)
0.143***
(0.014)
0.130***
(0.014)
Observations1881872,3132,322

Notes:

*, ** and ***denote statistical significance at the 10, 5 and the 1% levels, respectively. Standard errors are in parentheses. Postdoc and non-postdoc groups are matched on the propensity score of obtaining postdoc training. Weighted matching is based on the inverse probability of obtaining postdoc training. The numbers of social science and STEM postdocs are 108 and 1,424, respectively

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