ECIN Replication Package for "Reject or Revise: Gender Differences in Persistence and Publishing in Economics"

We design an experiment to
study gender differences in reactions to editorial decisions on submissions to
top economics journals. Respondents read a hypothetical editor’s letter where
the decision (e.g., revise and resubmit) is randomized across participants. Relative
to an R&R, female assistant professors who receive a rejection perceive a significantly
lower likelihood of subsequently publishing the paper in any leading journal
than comparable male assistant professors. We do not find this gender
difference among tenured professors. We consider several mechanisms, pointing
to gender differences in attribution of negative feedback to ability and
confidence under time constraints as likely explanations.