A Fresh Look at the Publication and Citation Gap Between Men and Women: Insights from Economics and Political Science
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;JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2025-05-26 (Gender)
- NEP-HPE-2025-05-26 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2025-05-26 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-POL-2025-05-26 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOG-2025-05-26 (Sociology of Economics)
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