Gender differences in recognition for group work

Heather Sarsons, Klarita Gërxhani, Ernesto Reuben, Arthur Schram

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    Abstract

    We study whether gender influences credit attribution for group work using observational data and two experiments. We use data from academic economists to test whether coauthorship matters differently for tenure for men and women. We find that, conditional on quality and other observables, men are tenured similarly regardless of whether they coauthor or solo author. Women, however, are less likely to receive tenure the more they coauthor. We then conduct two experiments that demonstrate that biases in credit attribution in settings without confounds exist. Taken together, our results are best explained by gender and stereotypes influencing credit attribution for group work.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)101-147
    Number of pages47
    JournalJournal of Political Economy
    Volume129
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021

    Keywords

    • gender influences
    • group work
    • experiments
    • gender
    • Stereotypes

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