Underrepresentation of Women in the Economics Profession more Pronounced in the United States Compared to Heterogeneous Europe

Emmanuelle Auriol, Guido Friebel, Alisa Weinberger and Sascha Wilhelm
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Guido Friebel: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Alisa Weinberger: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Sascha Wilhelm: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

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Abstract: Based on a dataset that we collected from the top research institutions in economics around the globe (including universities, business schools, and other organizations, such as central banks), we document the underrepresentation of women in economics. For the 238 universities and business schools in the sample, women hold 25% of senior-level positions (full professor or associate professor) and 37% of junior-level positions. In the 82 US universities and business schools, the figures are 20% on the senior level and 32% on the entry level, while in the 122 European institutions, the numbers are 27% and 38%, respectively, with some heterogeneity across countries. The numbers also show that the highest-ranking institutions (in terms of research output) have fewer women in senior positions. Moreover, in the United States, this effect is even present on the junior level. The "leaky pipeline" may hence begin earlier than oftentimes assumed and is even more of an issue in the highly integrated market of the United States. In Europe, an institution ranked 100 places higher has 3 percentage points fewer women in senior positions, but in the United States, it is almost 5 percentage points.

Keywords: Gender equality; Academic hierarchies; Leaky pipeline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-04
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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119 (16), ⟨10.1073/pnas.2118853119⟩

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2118853119

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