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Gender differences in submission strategies? A survey of early-career economists

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  • Christina Gravert

    (CEBI, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

  • Katrine Thornfeldt Sørensen

    (CEBI, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

We investigate whether the gender gap in economic publications can be explained by different submission strategies of male and female economists. We conduct an online survey among early-career economics faculty of top 50 institutions focusing on the submission trajectories of job market papers as well as personal and institutional characteristics. Our results suggest that there are no significant differences in submission strategies for this early-career sample.

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  • Christina Gravert & Katrine Thornfeldt Sørensen, 2020. "Gender differences in submission strategies? A survey of early-career economists," CEBI working paper series 20-22, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
    • Handle: RePEc:kud:kucebi:2022
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    Keywords

    gender bias; economists; publications; survey;
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    JEL classification:

    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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