We analyze longitudinal data on academic careers and conduct interviews with faculty members to determine the scope and causes of the gender gap in patenting among life scientists over a 30-year period show that women faculty members patent at about 40 percent of the rate of men. We find that...

Chinese universities in recent decades have experienced a wave of surging patenting activities. Is the increase in patenting activities evidence that Chinese universities have been catching up with their counterparts outside of China, or are there low-quality “patent bubbles” with the surge?...