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Does politicizing ‘gender’ influence the possibility of conducting academic research? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

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Abstract We detect a significant negative effect of mentioning ‘gender’ as a research topic on conducting academic research in Hungary. Using a randomized information treatment involving a comprehensive sample of… Click to show full abstract

Abstract We detect a significant negative effect of mentioning ‘gender’ as a research topic on conducting academic research in Hungary. Using a randomized information treatment involving a comprehensive sample of Hungarian education providers we find that they are less willing to cooperate in a gender-related future research compared to a research without this specification. Our results also indicate that this negative sentiment is clearly against gender and not against any topic covering social inequalities in general.

Keywords: research; academic research; gender; politicizing gender; gender influence; conducting academic

Journal Title: Economics Letters
Year Published: 2020

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