We study the effect of hearing cases alongside female judicial col- leagues on the probability that a federal judge hires a female law clerk. Federal judges are assigned to judicial panels at random and have few limitations on their choices of clerks. Using a unique dataset of federal case records merged with judicial hiring information, we find a signif-icant effect of the fraction of copanelists who are female on a male judge’s likelihood of hiring a female clerk. This finding suggests that increases in the diversity of the upper rungs of a profession can create opportunities at the entry level.
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Battaglini, M., Harris, J. M., & Patacchini, E. (2023). Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring. Journal of Labor Economics, 41(3), 589–614. https://doi.org/10.1086/720392
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