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Is the Bar Higher for Female Scholars? Evidence from Career Steps in Economics

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  • Niels Johannesen
  • Simon Muchardt

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Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four domains – i.e. faculty positions, network affiliations, research grants and editor appointments – we find no evidence that standards are higher for females. By contrast, the average female has less citations and publications than the average male who makes the same career step. In most domains, this reflects a gender gap for “marginal” scholars, consistent with lower merit thresholds for females.

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  • Niels Johannesen & Simon Muchardt, 2024. "Is the Bar Higher for Female Scholars? Evidence from Career Steps in Economics," CESifo Working Paper Series 11101, CESifo.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_11101
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    Keywords

    gender differences; discrimination; unequal treatment; gender gap; academic labor markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • 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
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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