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Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring

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  • Marco Battaglini
  • Jorgen M. Harris
  • Eleonora Patacchini

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We study the effect of hearing cases alongside female judicial colleagues on the probability that a federal judge hires a female law clerk. Federal judges are assigned to judicial panels at random and have few limitations on their choices of clerks. Using a unique dataset of federal case records merged with judicial hiring information, we find a significant effect of the fraction of copanelists who are female on a male judge’s likelihood of hiring a female clerk. This finding suggests that increases in the diversity of the upper rungs of a profession can create opportunities at the entry level.

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  • Marco Battaglini & Jorgen M. Harris & Eleonora Patacchini, 2023. "Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 41(3), pages 589-614.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/720392
    DOI: 10.1086/720392
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    1. Sule Alan & Gozde Corekcioglu & Mustafa Kaba & Matthias Sutter, 2023. "Female Leadership and Workplace Climate," ECONtribute Policy Brief Series 057, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    2. Harris, Jorgen M. & Patacchini, Eleonora, 2024. "Closing the Gender Gap: Promoting Labour Market Participation," IZA Discussion Papers 17219, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Alan, Sule & Corekcioglu, Gozde & Kaba, Mustafa & Sutter, Matthias, 2023. "Female Leadership and Workplace Climate," CEPR Discussion Papers 18465, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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