Disappointing but also not surprising study of how the gender of a seminar speaker affects questions. It’s in economics but I expect it tracks in 🔭 as well as in 🧪 in general /via @maranzazuru.bsky.social & @leafwarbler.bsky.social
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Nora Becker
“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…”
www.nber.org/papers/w28494
www.nber.org/papers/w28494
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