Closing the Innovation Gap in Pink and Black

Lisa Cook, Janet Gerson and Jennifer Kuan

No 29354, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Recent research shows the negative impact of discrimination not only on the targets of discrimination but also on the economy as a whole. Racial and gender inequality can limit the entire economy's productive capacity and innovation outcomes. Using new data from NSF's Survey of Earned Doctorates on the scientific workforce from 1980 to 2019, as well as patenting and commercialization data, we examine racial and gender disparities at each stage of the innovation process—education and training, the practice of invention, and commercialization. While improving along certain dimensions over time, we find persistent racial and gender disparities consistent with the current literature. To reverse the negative effects on productive capacity and long-run economic growth, we also discuss the literature on mitigating discriminatory practices at each juncture, which could have significant distributional effects as access to good jobs expands.

JEL-codes: O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10
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Published as Closing the Innovation Gap in Pink and Black , Lisa D. Cook, Janet Gerson, Jennifer Kuan. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 1 , Lerner and Stern. 2022

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