Karpowitz, Christopher F. <br/><br/>
Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women's Influence in Teams 

 -  Journal of Political Economy  2024 
 - 3077-3114 
<br/><br/> This article studies the effect of team gender composition and leadership on women's influence in two field experiments. Study 1 finds that male-majority teams accord disproportionately less influence to women and are less likely to choose women to represent the team externally. We replicate this finding in a new context, where we also vary the gender of an assigned team leader. We find that a female leader substantially increases women's influence, even in male-majority teams. With a model of discriminatory voting, we show that either increasing women's share or assigning a female leader decreases the penalty women face by more than 50%. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0022-3808 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Leadership<br/> Women's Influence in Teams<br/>Gender Composition