Abstract
Women have traditionally participated in intellectual property creation at depressed rates relative to men. Book authorship is now an exception: women now publish more than half of new books. Adding new products can have significant welfare benefits, particularly when product quality is unpredictable. Growth in female-authored books has delivered substantial increases in the female-authored shares of consumption, book awards, and other measures of success, indicating that the additional female-authored books are useful to consumers. The welfare benefit from gender-inclusive innovation is large and accrues to a wide range of consumers.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2229-2264 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | Journal of Political Economy |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2025 |
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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