Gender Homophily, Collaboration, and Output

Lorenzo Ductor and Anja Prummer

No 18066, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We consider the implications of gender homophily in Economics, which has persisted despite the significant increase in women in the field. As women remain underrepresented, gender homophily may serve as a constraint in collaboration. It could also lead to less gender diverse co-author teams than may be optimal in terms of generating high quality research papers. We show that gender homophily neither constrains collaboration nor prevents higher quality output. This implies that a mere increase in women in Economics will not be sufficient to erase existing gender inequalities.

Keywords: Homophily; Collaboration; Diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 J16 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-04
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