The gender gap in science and technology has received considerable attention by both
researchers and policy makers. In an effort to better understand the quantity, quality, and …

Traditional research on gender differences in productivity focuses on academic scientists,
and rarely investigates outcomes other than publications. We investigate gender disparities …

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

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 …

Analyzing the domestic patent records filed with the United State Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) in the 16-year time period from 1990 to 2005, this study benchmarks the …

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 …

Measuring the output of men and women in science and technology has previously been
mostly restricted to case studies or small-scale surveys. Based on an analysis of patent and …

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 …

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 …

Has the increase in female medical researchers led to more medical advances for women?
In this paper, we investigate if the gender of inventors shapes their types of inventions. Using …