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Half Empty and Half Full? Women in Economics and the Rise in Gender-Related Research
Antman, Francisca M.; Doran, Kirk B.; Qian, Xuechao; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Using the EconLit dissertation database and large-scale algorithmic methods that identify author demographics from names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent...
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Women's Colleges and Economics Major Choice : Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals, but because who is in a field may shape what is studied by it. If increasing the rate of majoring in mathematically-intensive fields among women is a worthy goal, then...
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Anticipated Gender Discrimination and Grade Disclosure
Lepage, Louis Pierre; Li, Xiaomeng; Zafar, Basit - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, GPA, and course/major taking. We present a framework showing how anticipated discrimination in the labor market can … students, particularly in STEM, Business, and Economics, will face labor market discrimination which makes them less likely to … mask. Our survey allows us to distinguish between anticipated discrimination and other explanations which could contribute …
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Ph.D. Publication Productivity : The Role of Gender and Race in Supervision in South Africa
Rossello, Giulia; Cowan, Robin A.; Mairesse, Jacques - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study whether student-advisor gender and race composition matters for publication productivity of Ph.D. students in South Africa. We consider all Ph.D. students in STEM graduating between 2000 and 2014, after the recent systematic introduction of doctoral programs in this country. We...
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Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility : Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions
Katzkowicz, Noemí; Lavy, Victor; Querejeta, Martina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Poor post-secondary education infrastructure and opportunities partly explain the low higher education rates in developing countries. This paper estimates the effect of a program that improved post-secondary education infrastructure by building many university campuses across Uruguay. Leveraging...
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Transparency and Percent Plans
Kapor, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Transparency vs. opacity is an important dimension of college admission policy. Colleges may gain useful information from a holistic review of applicants' materials, but in doing so may contribute to uncertainty that discourages potential applicants with poor information. This paper investigates...
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Non-Binary Gender Economics
Coffman, Katherine B.; Coffman, Lucas C.; Ericson, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is …
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Overcoming Discrimination : Harassment and Discrimination Dynamics
Chen, Yi; Dearing, Adam; Waldman, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
integration pathbreakers in the success and speed with which integration occurs. In our model of labor market discrimination …
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Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success : Evidence and Policy Implications
Dynarski, Susan M.; Nurshatayeva, Aizat; Page, Lindsay C.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Non-financial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic, racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic literature documents policy efforts to understand and address these barriers. We review this literature on non-financial...
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Grads on the Go : Measuring College-Specific Labor Markets for Graduates
Conzelmann, Johnathan G.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Hershbein, Brad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper introduces a new measure of the labor markets served by colleges and universities across the United States. About 50 percent of recent college graduates are living and working in the metro area nearest the institution they attended, with this figure climbing to 67 percent in-state....
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