Gender ratios at top PhD programs in economics |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University, Sweden;2. School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, Sweden;3. School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, Högskolan i Skövde, AINstitutionen för Hälsa och Lärande, Högskolevägen, Box 408, SE 54128 Skövde, Sweden;4. Department of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences), Uppsala University, Sociologiska Institutionen, Box 624, SE 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel;2. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA;3. Department of Psychology, Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
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Abstract: | Analyzing university faculty and graduate students data for ten of the top U.S. economics departments between 1987 and 2007, we find persistent differences in the gender compositions of both faculty and graduate students across departments. There is a positive correlation between the share of female faculty and the share of women in the PhD class graduating six years later. Using instrumental variable analysis, we find robust evidence that this relation is causal. These results contribute to our understanding of the persistent under-representation of women in economics, as well as for the persistent segregation of women in the labor force. |
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Keywords: | Gender Segregation Economists Gender bias Affirmative action Minority |
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