Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Battaglini, Marco; Harris, Jorgen. M. M.; Patacchini, Eleonora
• 署名单位: Cornell University; Occidental College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/720392
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: empathy; MARKET; women

摘要

We study the effect of hearing cases alongside female judicial colleagues on the probability that a federal judge hires a female law clerk. Federal judges are assigned to judicial panels at random and have few limitations on their choices of clerks. Using a unique dataset of federal case records merged with judicial hiring information, we find a significant effect of the fraction of copanelists who are female on a male judge's likelihood of hiring a female clerk. This finding suggests that increases in the diversity of the upper rungs of a profession can create opportunities at the entry level.