Rohini Pande and coauthors in VoxDev: Female representation on editorial boards and gender-related publications
EGC affiliate Rohini Pande, and coauthors Patrick Agte and Carmen Arbaizar Mazas discuss the impact of female representation on editorial boards.
VoxDev
November 1, 2024
How does having more women on the editorial boards of top economics journals influence what gets published? A new analysis reveals that as female representation on editorial boards rises, more women-authored papers are being published and there is an increased focus on gender-related research.
The proportion of women earning economics PhDs at US institutions rose from 27% to 34% between 2000 and 2020, while their representation in tenure-track positions increased from 18% to 27% (Chevalier 2021). Female editorship in top economic journals increased from a very low base (Anukriti 2024, Funk et al. 2024) and recent research suggests that this was associated with a rise in the share of published articles (co-)authored by women (Bransch and Kvasnicka 2022).
Here, we provide suggestive evidence that female representation on editorial boards is also correlated with the type of research published. Specifically, we investigate whether a rise in female representation on editorial boards correlates with a greater incidence of gender-related research.