We study whether increasing the share of female inventors leads to more biomedical inventions that focus on the needs of women. After accounting for detailed disease …
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 …
Traditional research on gender differences in productivity focuses on academic scientists, and rarely investigates outcomes other than publications. We investigate gender disparities …
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 …
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 …
While a number of studies have documented the underrepresentation of women in information technology (IT), few studies have investigated gendered patterns in IT patenting …
J Hunt, JP Garant, H Herman, DJ Munroe - 2012 - nber.org
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 …
J Hunt, JP Garant, H Herman, DJ Munroe - Research Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …
Recently, questions about gender gaps in science have extended to academic technology transfer. Using systematic data on US medical school faculty, we capture both behavior and …