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Teamwork is a valuable
skill in the workplace,

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but new research shows
that collaborative women

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don't always get credit
for work done in groups.

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Researcher Heather
Sarsons looked

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at hundreds of male
and female economists

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to see whether coauthoring
papers affected

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their likelihood
of getting tenure.

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If you look at economists
who solo-authored all or most

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of their work, men and women
have a roughly equal shot

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at tenure.

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But the gap becomes
larger and larger

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when women write
with coauthors -

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especially if the
coauthors are men.

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By the time you
reach the economists

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who have coauthored everything
and written no solo papers,

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women have only a 40%
chance of receiving tenure,

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while men have a 75% chance.

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Out of the full
sample of economists,

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70% received tenure.

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However, Sarsons found
that men were much more

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likely to be promoted.

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In fact, while coauthoring
an additional paper

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boosts promotion
probability for men,

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it has no positive
effect on women's chances

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unless they work exclusively
with other women.

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Employers should be
aware of this bias,

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and make an extra effort to
give credit where it's due.

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