Data and Code for: Gender Differences in Fields of Specialization and Placement Outcomes among PhD in Economics

This paper investigates the impact of gender differences in field of specialization on gender disparities in job placement among recent Economics Ph.D. candidates. Women are under-represented as assistant professors, especially at top 50 institutions, and over-represented in non-research positions. Our decomposition results show that our variables account for 28% to 67% of the gender gap in placement outcomes. Fields of specialization account for the larger share (75%-132%) of the explained differences for positions outside of the top 50 institutions. For top 50 institutions, the ranking of the Ph.D. institutions account for 2/3 of the explained placement differences.