Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314546 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17649
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate gender differences in the time taken to accept empirical articles. On average, female-authored economics articles take notably longer to accept. Acceptance delay is nine weeks longer when solo-authored and five weeks longer for all female teams. This gender gap cannot be attributed to differences in author affiliation, research productivity, research quality and novelty. Female-authored articles are of higher quality, as measured by citations, reflecting higher research thresholds for female-authored work. The gender composition of editorial boards does not affect acceptance time for female authors. Nevertheless, this gender gap narrows as female representation in an area of research deepens.
Subjects: 
social norms
economics journals
acceptance time
gender
JEL: 
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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