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2021-10-14 — Actualizado el 2024-01-13

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Women in Research in Economics in Uruguay

Mujeres en investigación en Economía en Uruguay

Palabras clave:

, gender gaps, economic research, networks, men and women economists (en)
brechas de género, investigación en economía, redes de trabajo, economistas varones y mujeres (es)

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  • Verónica Amarante Universidad de la República
  • Marisa Bucheli Universidad de la República https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-4712
  • María Inés Moraes Universidad de la República
  • Tatiana Pérez Universidad de la República

We analyse gender gaps in published works on economics in Uruguay. First of all, we describe the evolution of the professional context and female participation in the discipline. We then provide an empirical analysis of the research output based on two databases: one containing working papers and technical documents and the other including articles published in journals. The main results are: a) men produce more published articles than women but there is no gender gap in working papers; b) women and men are unevenly represented throughout different fields; c) collaboration with non-local authors is more likely among men than women; d) non-local co-authorship is strongly associated with the gender gap in journal articles production.

Este articulo analiza las brechas de género en la producción escrita en Economía en Uruguay. Por un lado, se describe el contexto profesional y la participación femenina en la disciplina. Además, se analizan los productos de investigación, considerando documentos de trabajo y técnicos, y artículos en revistas. Los resultados principales son: a) los hombres producen más artículos en revistas que las mujeres; no hay brechas en la producción de documentos de trabajo; b) mujeres y hombres se distribuyen de manera diferente entre áreas; c) la colaboración con autores no locales es más probable entre los hombres y d) esa coautoría con autores no locales está asociada con la brecha de género en la producción de artículos.

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