Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Caviggioli, Federico   
Author-Email: federico.caviggioli@polito.it
Author-Name: Colombelli, Alessandra 
Author-Email: alessandra.colombelli@polito.it
Author-Name: Ravetti, Chiara 
Author-Email: chiara.ravetti@polito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Peers and stars: the role of gender among coinventors.
Abstract: This article examines the role of gender in patent inventors’ collaborations and
individual productivity. We study how the time needed by an inventor to eventually
become a “star” relates to their portfolio of female and male coinventors,
characterised in terms of gender, career seniority and productivity. Our empirical
analysis applies different survival models to a sample of almost 100k inventors
debuting in 2000 and all their patenting peers, followed over a period of 20 years.
We find that being female and having female coinventors is correlated to a longer
time to become star and that is not a matter of homopily. Seniority is also correlated
to a longer time, while having a star among coinventors to a shorter time, in
particular for female inventors. These findings confirm the presence of a relevant
gender bias and suggest a potential beneficial mentoring/role model mechanism
with stars being a strong catalyst of other stars, especially when among women.
Length: pages 32
Creation-Date: 2022-10
File-URL: https://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2022dip/wp_17_2022.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:202201