衡量创新方面的性别不平等所面临的挑战

2022年4月6日

2022年4月6日 ・ minutes reading time

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主要结论

缩小创新方面的性别和多样性差距可以提高国家的生产能力。政策制定者需要了解这些差距发生的地点、方式和原因,以便更好地解决这些问题。

莉萨·库克博士关于知识产权领域性别差距方面挑战的演示介绍

莉萨·库克博士在第二小组:关于衡量和分析美洲地区知识产权制度性别差距方面挑战的知识产权经济学家小组讨论中所作的演示介绍。

美国女性在创新过程中的参与情况

美国的多项研究表明,女性在创新过程的三个阶段中的每一个阶段都参与较少:

  • 教育和培训;
  • 实行发明;
  • 发明的商业化。

美国关于创新和多样性的政策

这种人才错配影响了美国近40%的生产力。为了纠正这个问题,政策制定者正在考虑利用2018年SUCCESS(追逐工程和科学领域成功的代表性不足阶层研究)法案和2021年IDEA(发明人多样性促进经济发展)法案等政策来确定和衡量性别差距,以期缩小差距。

关于专家:

莉萨·库克博士是在研究性别和种族差异问题方面享有盛名的领军学者。她是密歇根州立大学的经济学和国际关系学教授。2022年,她被提名为联邦储备委员会成员。

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相关资源

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