Innovative Ideas and Gender (In)equality
Marlène Koffi
American Economic Review, 2025, vol. 115, issue 7, 2207-36
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This paper analyzes recognition of women's innovative ideas compared to men's using bibliometric data in economics, mathematics, and sociology. I establish similarities between papers to construct relevant counterfactual citations. On average, all-female papers receive 10 percent fewer citations than all-male papers, a disparity reduced by 40 percent when considering team sizes and disappearing in most fields with authors' publication records. Additionally, strong in-group preferences emerge: All-male teams omit more papers with women, and vice versa. Accounting for publication histories, female scholars are cited 0 percent (economics) to 11 percent (mathematics) less, with early-career women enduring a 9–14 percent citation penalty.
JEL-codes: A14 C45 I23 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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