SOC 371 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Justin Wolfers, Observational Error
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The underrepresentation of women reflects of systematic bias in that marketplace; a failure to give women full credit for collaborative work done with men. May explain why women struggle to get ahead in other professions involving teamwork once young economists are hired, they have seven years to be either promoted and offered a job for life or fired. While women in the field publish as much as men, they are twice as likely to perish. The career benefit from publishing a solo paper is about the same for women as it is for men. When women write with co-authors, the benefit to their career prospects is much less than half that accorded to men. This really matters, because most economic research is done with co-authors. Unfortunately for women, research done with a co-author counts far. When women write with men, their tenure prospects don"t improve at all. That is, women get essentially zero credit for the collaborative work with men.
