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Half Empty and Half Full? Women in Economics and the Rise in Gender-Related Research

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  • Antman, Francisca M.

    (University of Colorado, Boulder)

  • Doran, Kirk

    (University of Notre Dame)

  • Qian, Xuechao

    (Stanford University)

  • Weinberg, Bruce A.

    (Ohio State University)

Abstract

Using the EconLit dissertation database and large-scale algorithmic methods that identify author demographics from names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender-related dissertations and bring gender-related topics into a wide range of fields within economics. Men in economics have also substantially increased their interest in gender-related topics.

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  • Antman, Francisca M. & Doran, Kirk & Qian, Xuechao & Weinberg, Bruce A., 2024. "Half Empty and Half Full? Women in Economics and the Rise in Gender-Related Research," IZA Discussion Papers 16980, IZA Network @ LISER.
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    1. Anusha Chari, 2024. "Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 853-877, May.
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    1. Francisca M. Antman & Kirk B. Doran & Xuechao Qian & Bruce A. Weinberg, 2024. "Demographic Diversity and Economic Research: Fields of Specialization and Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 528-534, May.

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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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