We consider the implications of gender homophily in Economics, which has persisted despite the significant increase in … women in the field. As women remain underrepresented, gender homophily may serve as a constraint in collaboration. It could …. We show that gender homophily neither constrains collaboration nor prevents higher quality output. …

thereby innovation. In this study, we shed light on the phenomenon of 'idea homophily', which is a tendency to be more … Online experiment involving 500 participants. We find substantial gender differences in which ideas people are choosing to …-fields in general increase exposure to female ideas but do not lead to an over-representation of either gender conditional on …