The economics profession includes disproportionately few women and members of
historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, relative both to the overall …

We document the representation of female economists on the conference programs at the
NBER Summer Institute from 2001-2016. Over the period from 2013-2016, women made up …

Previous studies have found large gender and racial differences in commercialization of
invention. Using novel data that permit enhanced identification of women and African …

Using dissertation research topics found in the EconLit database and large-scale algorithmic
methods that identify author demographics based on names, we explore the link between …

We explore the contributions of Black economists to research on major economic and social
policy problems in the United States. We focus on applications in education, poverty and …

We study how author connections influence paper outcomes at the Journal of Human
Resources. Authors who attended the same PhD program, worked with, affiliate with the …

This paper considers if the dearth of black economists on the faculties of economics
departments that grant economics doctorates reduce the production of knowledge about the …

We analyze the share and quality of publications of southern-based authors in top
development economic journals between 1990 and 2019. We consider researchers as …

Before the John Bates Clark Medal (JBCM) had become a widely acknowledged
professional and public marker of excellence in economics research, in the first twenty years …

Female and minority students are underrepresented in economics. This paper uses
longitudinal data to compare persistence in economics for female and male/non-binary …