This paper analyzes the recognition of women's innovative ideas. Bibliometric data from
research in economics are used to investigate gender biases in citation patterns. Based on …

The expansion of intellectual property has been a cornerstone of global economic policy
over the past few decades. From Diamond v. Chakrabarty, which in 1980 affirmed the …

This paper contributes to the debate upon the trade-off between science and technology by
looking at how the scientific performances of a researcher relate ex-ante to his/her attitude to …

Over the past several decades, feminist scholarship has had a notable impact on both theory
and practice in many areas of law. 2 Criminal law, 3 civil rights, family law, 5 employment …

Recent comments from Harvard President Lawrence Summers have sparked heated
discussion in the United States and abroad about possible inherent (that is, genetic) …

This article analyzes the participation of women in technology-oriented scientific projects
(known as the TEST program) to identify genderbased differences in attitudes toward …

Few public policies aim to affect women scientists and there are few scholarships,
fellowships, and targeted grants funding. Unlike some fields of social legislation, including …

Over the past quarter-century we have seen a dramatic growth of patenting and licensing of
publicly funded research by American research universities. This growth has contributed to …

We compare patenting motives of individual inventors, small firms, and universities to those
of large firms. We use data from a survey (641 responses) among applicants at the …