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Sex-based sorting among economists: Evidence from the NBER

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I compare the co-authorship patterns of male and female economists using historical data on National Bureau of Economic Research working papers. Males tended to work in smaller teams than females, but co-authored more papers and so had more co-authors overall. Males and females co-authored with members of the same sex more often than would be expected if co-authorships were random. This was especially true for males in Macro/Finance.

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  • Davies, Benjamin, 2022. "Sex-based sorting among economists: Evidence from the NBER," SocArXiv zeb7a, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:zeb7a
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/zeb7a
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