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Trial Status in_development completed
Last Published April 17, 2020 12:56 PM October 05, 2022 12:56 PM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date August 01, 2020
Data Collection Complete Yes
Data Collection Completion Date August 01, 2020
Keyword(s) Gender Gender
Building on Existing Work No
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Paper Abstract Do female economists and economists at lower-ranked institutions face discrimination during the publication process? To answer this question, we ask journal editors to evaluate the quality of abstracts for various solo-authored papers which differ along the dimensions of gender and institution of the author. We exogenously vary whether editors observe the name and/or institution of the author. We identify positive institutional bias for economists in the top institutions. However, when the name of the author is also revealed, this positive institutional bias only applies to males. Hence, institution serves as a signal for quality of men’s work, but not women’s.
Paper Citation Ersoy, Fulya and Pate, Jennifer, Invisible Hurdles: Gender and Institutional Bias in the Publication Process in Economics (June 8, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3870368
Paper URL http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3870368
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