Abstract
A growing stream of academic literature investigates various factors which impede the participation of women in patenting and commercialization of the patented research; however, limited research has been performed on the ways to address this gender gap. We explore whether the institutional ownership arrangements of university patent, as well as the presence of such university-level support measures as a technology transfer office (TTO) and IP policy has a positive effect on the female involvement in patenting. We test our hypotheses on a sample of 2538 academic patents produced by Italian inventors in the period of 1996-2007. The results of our research highlight a positive role of a university in addressing the gender gap in productivity and in commercial engagement within academia.
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