Gender Differences in Faculty CVs in Leading US Economics Departments

Abstract There are notable gender differences in the distribution of academic tasks. In this paper, we match 351 female faculty members from leading US economics departments with male counterparts from the same departments who have comparable post-PhD experience. The presence of specific sections in CVs - as well as the number of words and activities listed within them - is used as a proxy for involvement in particular academic tasks. Our findings are partly consistent with the existing literature: for example, women tend to have longer “Service” sections than men. However, we also identify patterns that deviate from prior research; notably, women have longer “Conference Participation” sections. In addition, women are more likely to disclose private information, such as marital status and phone numbers. Finally, we find that the number of publications listed on women's CVs exceeds their Scopus-indexed publications by a greater margin than for men.