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Awards and the Gender Gap in Knowledge Contributions in STEM

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  • Jana Gallus
  • Emma Heikensten

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Organizations miss out if their smartest members do not bring their ideas to the table. Gallus and Heikensten (2019) establish that gender differences play an important role for female participation in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). Moreover, they show that these differences can be eliminated by providing suitable forms of social recognition via awards. This article focuses on self-stereotyping and explores its role as a mechanism behind the effect of recognition on the gender gap in the tendency to speak up.

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  • Jana Gallus & Emma Heikensten, 2020. "Awards and the Gender Gap in Knowledge Contributions in STEM," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 241-244, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:110:y:2020:p:241-44
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201042
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations

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