Awards and the Gender Gap in Knowledge Contributions in STEM

Jana Gallus and Emma Heikensten

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, vol. 110, 241-44

Abstract: Organizations miss out if their smartest members do not bring their ideas to the table. Gallus and Heikensten (2019) establish that gender differences play an important role for female participation in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). Moreover, they show that these differences can be eliminated by providing suitable forms of social recognition via awards. This article focuses on self-stereotyping and explores its role as a mechanism behind the effect of recognition on the gender gap in the tendency to speak up.

JEL-codes: I23 J16 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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