Understanding the Drivers of the Gender Productivity Gap in the Economics Profession

In this paper, I construct a novel data set from individual curriculum vitae of economists at the top 100 US departments to study gender differences in the drivers of scholarly performance. Using a Shapley decomposition procedure to estimate the contribution of each driver in explaining the variatio...

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Published in:The American Economist (New York, N.Y. 1960) N.Y. 1960), 2023-03, Vol.68 (1), p.61-73
Main Author: Wesselbaum, Dennis
Format: Article
Language:English
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Economic theory
Economics
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Summary:In this paper, I construct a novel data set from individual curriculum vitae of economists at the top 100 US departments to study gender differences in the drivers of scholarly performance. Using a Shapley decomposition procedure to estimate the contribution of each driver in explaining the variation in mean and inequality of research performance, I find that for women, current placement is a more important driver of performance and inequality in performance compared to men. For men, co-authorship is the most important driver. Overall, my results suggest that networks are the key driver of performance and of inequality in performance. JEL codes: A14, J16, J24
ISSN:0569-4345
2328-1235
DOI:10.1177/05694345221128193