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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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  • Entry/Exit Dynamics
  • Patenting
  • Gender Nonconformity
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  • Why Are There So Few Female Inventors?

    Atte Pudas

    Only a small fraction of inventors are women. Using Finnish administrative data linked to patent records, I show that educational and occupational sorting explain roughly 54% of the gender gap in …

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  • Entry and exit

    Klaus Kultti and Eemil Ylä-Nikkilä

    We turn the zero-profit condition that is typically used to determine the number of firms into a game of entry/exit. We assume that identical firms compete in Cournot fashion, and when market …

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  • Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Gender Gaps in Life Outcomes

    Abigail R. Banan, Torsten Santavirta, and Miguel Sarzosa

    We study the role of childhood gender conformity in generating gender gaps. We present a conceptual framework that uses gender norms to explain why some women make less profitable choices than …

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