Gender and Collaboration

Lorenzo Ductor (), Sanjeev Goyal () and Anja Prummer
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Lorenzo Ductor: Department of Economic Theory and Economic History, University of Granada.
Sanjeev Goyal: Christ's College and Faculty of Economics, Cambridge.

No 23/01, ThE Papers from Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.

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: Gender Inequality; Co-authorship; Networks; Homophily. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D8 D85 J16 J7 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2023-04-13
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