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LD Cook - Policy Proposal, The Hamilton Project, Brookings …, 2020 - brookings.edu

Policies to broaden participation in the innovation process.

Broadening participation in STEM

Cook

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Since the 1960s, both women and underrepresented minorities have earned an increasing share of bachelor's degrees and advanced degrees in fields most associated with invention—the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Yet, we do not observe a similar increase in patenting activity among these groups. Economists have identified multiple sources of gender and racial disparities in allocation of talent, including disparities with respect to the process of innovation. Whatever their source, gender and …

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