NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CAN MENTORING HELP FEMALE ASSISTANT PROFESSORS? INTERIM RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL Francine D. Blau Janet M. Currie Rachel T.A. Croson Donna K. Ginther Working Paper 15707 http://www.nber.org/papers/w15707 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 January 2010 We are grateful to the many women who have volunteered their time to participate in this experiment. We are indebted to Henry Farber, Claudia Goldin, Mark Lopez, Rhonda Sharpe, Sandy Darity, and participants in the session on “Evidence on AEA and NSF Mentoring Programs” at the American Economics Association Annual Meetings, Atlanta, January 2010, for helpful comments and suggestions; to the National Science Foundation (SBE-0317755) and the American Economic Association for their financial support; and to Daniel Newlon, Alice Hogan, and John Siegfried for supporting this program. David Munroe, Sarah Frazelle, Patricia Oslund, Joshua Goodman, Christine Pal, Johannes Schmeider, and Kerry Watson provided excellent research assistance. Gwyn Loftis, and Pat Fisher provided invaluable help with implementing the workshops. Any errors are our own responsibility. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer- reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications. © 2010 by Francine D. Blau, Janet M. Currie, Rachel T.A. Croson, and Donna K. Ginther. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Research Papers in Economic