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Are women less persistent? Evidence from submissions to a nationwide meeting of economics

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  • Paula Pereda
  • Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz
  • Fabiana Rocha
  • Liz Matsunaga
  • Bruna Pugialli Borges
  • Jesus Mena-Chalco
  • Renata Narita
  • Clara Brenck

Abstract

Female under-representation in high-profile career positions has relevant impacts on firms’ outcomes, research topics, and public policies. In the academic profession, women’s participation decreases as they evolve in their careers. To understand the lack of women in economics in Brazilian academia, we investigate the decision to submit papers to the largest conference in the country (Brazilian Meeting of Economics, or ANPEC Meetings), an important achievement in the profession. We explore a novel panel dataset of researchers and match them with web-scraped data of their résumés to test gender differences in the probability of submitting an article one year after having a paper (same or new) rejected in the previous year. Our findings suggest that women desist 2.9% points more than men when facing rejection. We also find evidence that younger women give up more and that the quality of the undergraduate program relates to the gender gap in the likelihood of desisting. Finally, we argue that more competitive women may self-select into higher-quality institutions.

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  • Paula Pereda & Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz & Fabiana Rocha & Liz Matsunaga & Bruna Pugialli Borges & Jesus Mena-Chalco & Renata Narita & Clara Brenck, 2023. "Are women less persistent? Evidence from submissions to a nationwide meeting of economics," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(16), pages 1757-1768, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:55:y:2023:i:16:p:1757-1768
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2099525
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    Cited by:

    1. Katherine Coffman & Maria Paola Ugalde Araya & Basit Zafar, 2024. "A (dynamic) investigation of stereotypes, belief‐updating, and behavior," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 62(3), pages 957-983, July.
    2. Katherine Coffman & David Klinowski, 2025. "Gender and Preferences for Performance Feedback," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 71(4), pages 3497-3516, April.
    3. Haeckl, Simone & Kartal, Melis, 2021. "Does a stereotype benefit women in the labor market: An experiment on perseverance," UiS Working Papers in Economics and Finance 2021/5, University of Stavanger.

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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists

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