The acceptance delay for female researchers in Economics is nine weeks longer when solo-authored and five weeks longer for all female teams. This gender gap cannot be attributed to differences in author affiliation, research productivity, research quality and novelty. Female-authored articles are of higher quality, as measured by citations, reflecting higher research thresholds for female-authored work.
The gender composition of editorial boards does not affect acceptance time for female authors. Nevertheless, this gender gap narrows as female representation in an area of research deepens.

Bruns, Stephan B.; Doucouliagos, Anthony; Doucouliagos, Hristos; König, Johannes; Stanley, T.D.; Zigova, Katarina (2025): The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics. Bonn: IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA Discussion Paper No. 17649).

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