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Speed is analysed by means of regression models. While Country makes a clear difference (Speed is higher in Germany and lower in France), Gender and Discipline, somehow surprisingly, do not impact Speed (except for a decelerating effect for sociologists in France). By contrast, higher levels of Status Mobility, Institutional Mobility and International Mobility all accelerate careers, as well as higher Age at PhD graduation. Further analysis of Speed by country reveals different kinds of effects of Mobility by countries. Cohort analysis corroborates a long-term trend of normalisation of academic careers.
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R2 is a measure of the adequacy of the model to the data. R2 varies between 0 and 1. If R2 is very low, such as below 0.05, it is weak, so it may be reformulated, or other data or variables may be used.
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Angermuller, J., Blanchard, P. (2023). Speed: How Fast Do Professors Reach Their Position?. In: Careers of the Professoriate. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25241-9_8
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