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Ductor, L., Goyal, S. and Prummer, A.

Gender and Collaboration

Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 105(6) (2023)

Vol. 105 (2023)

Abstract: We connect gender disparities in research output and collaboration patterns in economics. We first document large gender gaps in research output. These gaps persist across 50 years despite a significant increase in the fraction of women in economics during that time. We further show that output differences are closely related to differences in the co-authorship networks of men and women: women have fewer collaborators, collaborate more often with the same co-authors, and a higher fraction of their co-authors collaborate with each other. Taking into account co-authorship networks reduces the gender output gap by 18%.

Keywords: Co-authorship, Gender Inequality, Homophily, Networks

JEL Codes: D80, D85, J70, J16, O30

Author links: Sanjeev Goyal  

Publisher's Link: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01113



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