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SUMMARY:Try\, Try\, Try Again? Persistence and the Gender Innovation Gap
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DESCRIPTION:Gauri Subramani (UC Berkeley)\nGauri Subramani (UC Berkeley)\n
 "Try\, Try\, Try Again? Persistence and the Gender Innovation Gap"\nDiscus
 sant: Isabel Fernandez-Mateo (LBS)\n\nAbstract\nWomen are underrepresented
  in innovation\; more than 85% of patent applications include no female in
 ventors. In this paper\, we show that women's differential responses to re
 jection are a significant contributor to the gender gap in innovation. We 
 evaluate the prosecution and outcomes of almost one million patent applica
 tions in the United States from 2002 through 2012 using an instrumental va
 riables approach and find that women are less likely to persist after an e
 arly rejection in the patent process. Roughly half of the overall gender g
 ap in awarded patents can be accounted for by the differential propensity 
 of women to exit the application process. We also provide evidence that fi
 rm affiliation reduces the gender gap in outcomes\, consistent with a role
  for institutional support and resources in mitigating gender disparities.
 \n\nEPFL Virtual Innovation Seminar\nEVIS is a bi-weekly virtual seminar s
 eries focusing on Science\, Technology and Innovation topics studied throu
 gh the lens of Economics\, Entrepreneurship\, Strategy and Finance.\n 
LOCATION:Zoom
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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