
Shulamit Kahn
Professor, Markets, Public Policy, and Law
Education
PhD, MIT, 1983
Selected Research Presentations
Kahn, S. Exploring Gender Bias in Six Key Domains of Academic Science: An Adversarial Collaboration, Confronting Hegemonic Ideas in Counselling Psychology Speakers Series, zoom (University of British Columbia), 2023
Kahn, S. Do Elite Universities Overpay Their Faculty?, BU Department of Economics Empirical Micro Workshop, BU Department of Economics, 2022
Kahn, S. Gender Bias Persists in Two of Six Domains in Academic Science., A New Synthesis for the Science of Science– Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe Institute Santa Fe New Mexico, 2022
Kahn, S. Mentoring Under-Represented Scholars, Wilfrid Laurier University Mentoring Panel, zoom, 2022
Publications
Kahn, S., Ginther, D., Milakhina, D. (In Press). “Same as It Ever Was: Gender, Race and Ethnicity Differences in Promotion for Academic Economists”, American Economics Association Papers and Proceedings
Kahn, S. (In Press). Women and STEM: Faculty Issues.”The Sage Encyclopedia of Education and Gender”, Sage Publishing
Kahn, S., Aksnes, D., Ulvestad, M., Reiling, R. (In Press). “Longitudinal evidence on Norwegian PhDs suggests slower progression for women academics but not a leaky pipeline”, Studies in Higher Education
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (In Press). “Women in Academic Economics: Have We Made Progress?”, American Economic Assocation Papers and Proceedings, 111
Kahn, S., Ceci, S., Williams, W. (In Press). “Stewart-Williams and Halsey argue persuasively that gender bias is just one of many causes of women’s underrepresentation in science.”, European Journal of Personality
Kahn, S., Ceci, S., Williams, W. (In Press). “Meta-Analysis of Gender Differences in Journal Acceptance”, SSRN Electronic Journal
Macgarvie, m., Kahn, s. (2024). “New Evidence on International Postdocs: Less Pay, Different Experiences”, Research Policy, 53 (9)
Kahn, S. (2023). “Women Scientists: Is Bias Keeping Them from Success?”, Boston University Questrom School of Business (August 2, 2023)
Kahn, S. (2023). “Women in Science Aren’t Doing ‘All Right’ It is more complicated than sexism or nonsexism”,
Kahn, S., Ceci, S., Williams, W. (2023). “Exploring Gender Bias in Six Key Domains of Academic Science: An Adversarial Collaboration”, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 24 (1)
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2021). “Women in Academic Economics: Have We Made Progress?”, AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111 138-142
Ceci, S., Kahn, S., Williams, W. (2021). “Stewart-Williams and Halsey argue persuasively that gender bias is just one of many causes of women’s underrepresentation in science”, European Journal of Personality, 35 (1), 40-44
Kahn, S. (2020). Gender and promotion in economics academia. In Shelly, Lundberg. (Eds.), “Women in Economics”, Vox EU CEPR
Kahn, S. (2020). “Gender and Promotion in Economics Academia”, Chapter Vox CEPR ebook: Women in Economics: Stalled Progress
Macgarvie, M., Kahn, s., Ganguli, I. (2020). Introduction. In Ina, Ganguli., Shulamit, Kahn., Megan, Macgarvie. (Eds.), “The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship”, University of Chicago Press
(2020). “The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship”, University of Chicago Press
Kahn, S., Macgarvie, M. (2019). “The Impact of Permanent Residency Delays for STEM PhDs: Who leaves and Why”, Research Policy
Macgarvie, M., Kahn, S. (2019). “The impact of permanent residency delays for STEM PhDs: Who leaves and why”, Research Policy
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2018). “The Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum”, National Academy of Engineering
Kahn, S., Macgarvie, M. (2018). “Immigration Policy and Stay Rates of STEM PhDs”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicator 478-485
Kahn, S., Macgarvie, M. (2018). “The Impact of Permanent Residency Delays for STEM PhDs: Who leaves and Why”, National Bureau of Economic Research, W25175
Ceci, S., Williams, W., Kahn, S. (2018). “The Underrepresentation of Women in Science: International and Cross-Disciplinary Evidence and Debate”, Frontiers Media SA
Ceci, S., Ginther, D., Kahn, S., Williams, W. (2018). Culture, Sex and Intelligence. In Robert, Sternberg. (Eds.), “The Nature of Human Intelligence”, Cambridge University Press 30-48
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2017). Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In Lauren M, Argys., Susan L, Averett., Saul D, Hoffman. (Eds.), “The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy”, Oxford handbooks online, Oxford University Press 1-40
Kahn, S., La Mattina, G., J. MacGarvie, M. (2017). ““Misfits,” “stars,” and immigrant entrepreneurship”, Small Business Economics, 49 (3), 533-557
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2017). “The impact of postdoctoral training on early careers in Biomedicine”, Nature Biotechnology, 35 (1), 90-94
Kahn, S., Schaffer, W., Ginther, D. (2016). “Gender, Race, Ethnicity and NIH R01 Research Awards: Is There Evidence of a Double Bind?”, Academic Medicine, 91 (8), 1304-1322
Ginther, D., Kahn, S., Schaffer, W. (2016). “Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and National Institutes of Health R01 Research Awards: Is There Evidence of a Double Bind for Women of Color?”, Academic Medicine, 91 (8), 1098-1107
Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2016). “Do return requirements increase international knowledge diffusion? Evidence from the Fulbright program”, Research Policy, 45 (6), 1304-1322
Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2016). “How Important Is U.S. Location for Research in Science?”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 98 (2), 397-414
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2015). “Are recent cohorts of women with engineering bachelors less likely to stay in engineering?”, Frontiers in Psychology, 6
Ginther, D., Kahn, S. (2015). “Comment on “Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines””, Science, 349 (6246), 391-391
Ceci, S., Ginther, D., Kahn, S., Williams, W. (2014). “Women in Science: The Path to Progress”, Scientific American Mind, 26 (1), 62-69
Kahn, S., Ceci, S., Ginther, D., Williams, W. (2014). “Women in Academic Science: A Changing Landscape”, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 15 (3), 74-141
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2014). Women’s Careers in Academic Social Science: Progress, Pitfalls and Plateaus.”The Economics of Economists: Institutional Setting, Individual Incentives and Future Prospects”, Cambridge University Press
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2013). Education and Academic Career Outcomes for Women of Color in Science and Engineering.”Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia: Summary of a Conference”, National Academies Press
KAHN, S. (2012). “Gender Differences in Academic Promotion and Mobility at a Major Australian University*”, Economic Record, 88 (282), 407-424
Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2012). The Effects of the Foreign Fulbright Program on Knowledge Creation.”NBER 50th Anniversary Conference Volume on the Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity”, University of Chicago Press 161-197
Kahn, S., Ginther, D. (2009). Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001.”Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment”, University of Chicago Press 163-195
Ginther, D., Kahn, S. (2004). “Women in Economics: Moving Up or Falling Off the Academic Career Ladder?”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 (3), 193-214
Kahn, S., Lang, K. (1992). “Constraints on the choice of work hours: Agency versus specific-capital”, Journal of Human resources 661-678