Economics Seminar - Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring
categories: Economics
when:
Monday, October 17, 2022 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
where:
Simon 124
presenter:
Jorgen Harris-Occidental College
price:
Free
We study the effect of hearing cases alongside female judicial colleagues on the probability that a federal judge hires a female law clerk. Federal judges are assigned to judicial panels at random and have few limitations on their choices of law clerks. Using a unique dataset of federal case records merged with judicial hiring information, we find a significant effect of the fraction of co-panelists who are female on a male judge’s likelihood of hiring a female clerk. This finding suggests that increases in the diversity of the upper rungs of a profession can create opportunities at the entry-level.
sponsored by:
Department of Economics
contact information
name:
Lisa Mutton
phone:
6103305298
email:
MUTTONL@LAFAYETTE.EDU
link for more information:
https://economics.lafayette.edu/economics-department-seminars/
Original source can be found here.
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