The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics

Stephan B. Bruns (), Anthony Doucouliagos (), Chris Doucouliagos (), Johannes König (), T. D. Stanley () and Katarina Zigova
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Stephan B. Bruns: Hasselt University
Anthony Doucouliagos: Coles Group
Chris Doucouliagos: Deakin University
Johannes König: University of Kassel
T. D. Stanley: Deakin University

No 17649, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate gender differences in the time taken to accept empirical articles. On average, female-authored economics articles take notably longer to accept. Acceptance delay is nine weeks longer when solo-authored and five weeks longer for all female teams. This gender gap cannot be attributed to differences in author affiliation, research productivity, research quality and novelty. Female-authored articles are of higher quality, as measured by citations, reflecting higher research thresholds for female-authored work. The gender composition of editorial boards does not affect acceptance time for female authors. Nevertheless, this gender gap narrows as female representation in an area of research deepens.

Keywords: social norms; economics journals; acceptance time; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 96 pages
Date: 2025-01
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