Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Sarsons, Heather; Gerxhani, Klarita; Reuben, Ernesto; Schram, Arthur
• 署名单位: University of Chicago; European University Institute; New York University; New York University Abu Dhabi; University of Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/711401
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 101-147
• 关键词: economics; women; science; COMPETITION; biases

摘要

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.