This dissertation is comprised of three chapters examining participation in and the direction
of innovation in the United States. Chapter 1 details the creation of a novel data set …

We document that 85% of patent applications in the United States include no female
inventors and ask: why are women underrepresented in innovation? We argue that …

We document that 85% of patent applications in the United States include no female
inventors and ask: why are women underrepresented in innovation? We argue that …

Women are underrepresented in STEM jobs despite making up over half of the
collegeeducated workforce. This lack of representation extends to innovation, where it is …

Female representation among inventive workers, ie, workers whose activity results in patent
rights, continues to remain low despite significant advances in female labor force …

Women are underrepresented in patenting. In this study, we consider differential
responsiveness to rejection as a contributor to the gender gap in invention. Leveraging the …

We analyze the gender gap in the success of patent application at the USPTO. We leverage
quasi-exogeneous variation from the random assignment of patent examiners within …

We explore the existence and causes of gender disparities in the patent examination
process. We find that applications filed by female inventors are significantly less likely to …

This dissertation examines various aspects of corporate innovation. Specifically, it
investigates how innovation information disclosure affects firms' decisions on mergers and …

The purpose of this paper is to show the gender gap in the returns to patenting. Using the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s inventor and patent data from 2015 to …