AEA Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Demographic Diversity and Economic Research: Fields of Specialization and Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 114,
May 2024
(pp. 528–34)
Abstract
Using dissertation research topics found in the EconLit database and large-scale algorithmic methods that identify author demographics based on names, we explore the link between race and ethnicity and fields of economic research. We find that underrepresented racial and ethnic minority (URM) researchers are more likely to write dissertations in some unexpected subfields of economics but limited evidence that they are more likely to write dissertations on racial topics once we include basic controls. These descriptive results may be due to limitations in the data, intrinsic motivations, or external constraints.Citation
Antman, Francisca M., Kirk B. Doran, Xuechao Qian, and Bruce A. Weinberg. 2024. "Demographic Diversity and Economic Research: Fields of Specialization and Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114: 528–34. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241129Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- A11 Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists
- A23 Economic Education and Teaching of Economics: Graduate
- D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination