Do top economics journals hold women authors to higher standards than men?

Since 1990, women comprise "only 11 per cent of all authors published in top economic journals" even though they make up between 20-30 per cent of the total number of economists

A new front has opened up in the world of economics, mostly in the US and the UK. It falls under the broad rubric of ‘women in economics.’

It seems there aren’t enough of them in it and the question being asked is if men are discriminating against them.

So far men don’t seem very bothered. However, a recent research paper could make them pay a bit more attention.

Written by Erin Hengel and Eunyoung Moon of Liverpool University, the paper says that top economics journals hold women to higher standards than men. Submissions by women also take longer to