How do Women Respond to Gender Biases in Recognition for Teamwork? *

Abstract

We examine how female economists' coauthorship patterns changed after a 2015 study found that women receive little credit for couathorships with men. Compared to other social scientists, junior female economists reduced the number of working papers with exclusively male coauthors. This decrease in male coauthorships was not offset by other forms of collaborations, leading to a net decrease in publications. While male coauthorships recover later in women's careers, new cohorts of junior female economists continue to avoid them. We find no comparable effects among tenured female or junior male economists.

Keywords: Gender bias, Coauthorships, Teamwork, Economists