Why are women underrepresented amongst patentees?

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 831-843

  Hunt, Jennifer ^a   Garant, Jean Philippe ^b   Herman, Hannah ^c   Munroe, David J ^d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patenting; Science and engineering workforce; Women

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

COLLEGE GRADUATES; ENGINEERING DEGREES; LOWER PROBABILITIES; NATIONAL SURVEYS; PATENTING; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; UNDERREPRESENTATION IN ENGINEERINGS; WOMEN;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84875529923     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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