Economic research provides extensive evidence regarding discrimination against women
and minorities, and some evidence on the redistributive effects of affirmative action …

Little is known about how discrimination manifests before individuals formally apply to
organizations or how it varies within and between organizations. We address this …

Affirmative action in law faculty hiring continues to provoke controversy. In this Article,
Professors Merritt and Reskin seek to inform the ongoing debate by reporting results from …

What would a nondiscriminatory world look like? Would every other American President be
a woman, and every seventh an African-American? Would we expect a similar number of …

Affirmative action refers to a set of practices undertaken by employers, university admissions
offices, and government agencies to go beyond nondiscrimination, with the goal of actively …

Gender gaps in achieved rank and salary, common indicators of objective success, often are
attributed to the different family roles and responsibilities of men and women. This study …

The existence of old boy networks has long been postulated as a possible explanation for
the presence of gender differences in market outcomes but with little empirical support …

This paper examines the use of citations analysis as an empirical tool for understanding
aspects of the legal system and for improving the performance of the system. Emphasis is …

Cet article analyse un important sondage à l'échelle canadienne et aborde la probématique
de la productivité: pourquoi les professeures d'université publient‐elles moins que leurs …

This article discusses evidence from recent literature on gender literature on gender
differences among Ph. D. economists. It finds many gender similarities in accomplishments …