We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents:
only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College …

We investigate women's underrepresentation among holders of commercialized patents:
only 5.5% of holders of such patents are female. Using the National Survey of College …

The Institute for Women's Policy Research reviewed and analyzed published data and
literature on women and patenting, finding that women hold an extremely small share of …

We analyzed gender disparities in patenting by country, technological area, and type of
assignee using the 4.6 million utility patents issued between 1976 and 2013 by the United …

The commercialization of academic science has come to be understood as economically
desirable for institutions, individual researchers, and the public. Not surprisingly, commercial …

There are many ways to determine the diversity of the nanotechnology workforce. None of
them is perfect, but they can all be telling in some way. In this chapter Yu Meng and Philip …

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 …

Women are underrepresented in patenting and the gap is not closing quickly. The challenge
for policy is that the sources of this gap are complex and not well understood. Using a …

We analyzed longitudinal data on academic careers and conducted interviews with faculty
members to determine the scope and causes of the gender gap in patenting among life …

Explanations of productivity differences between men and women in science tend to focus
on the academic sector and the individual level. This article examines how variation in …