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Saxon, Tyler, author Bernasek, Alexandra, advisor Fisher, Ellen, committee member Li, Hsueh-Hsiang, committee member Weiler, Stephan, committee member 2018-06-12T16:13:55Z 2018-06-12T16:13:55Z 2018 Saxon_colostate_0053A_14688.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10217/189313 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.018923 This study analyzes how defense spending has biased research and development (R&D) institutions and the path of technological change in a specifically gendered way. Military considerations have long played a significant role in the development of science, technology, and industry. The large role played by military spending in shaping R&D has biased R&D institutions towards militaristic purposes, especially in the United States. Furthermore, this relatively militaristic organizational culture in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) may affect men and women differently. Prior research indicates that women may be more likely than men to self-select out of STEM due to a greater aversion to militarism, and militaristic institutions may be more likely to discriminate against women and/or reinforce occupational segregation frameworks based on more traditional gender roles. Chapter 1 applies a difference-in-difference methodology to demonstrate how changes in Federal defense R&D spending in the U.S. can alter the gender composition of engineers in the U.S. Chapter 2 uses panel data from 46 different countries to assess the effects of defense spending on the differing gender compositions of research workers across countries. Using the institutional framework of ceremonial encapsulation of technology, Chapter 3 analyzes the broader institutional structures of STEM work and R&D, specifically the ways in which defense spending implicitly genders the institutional structures of STEM in the United States, and proposes avenues for future research on this topic. born digital doctoral dissertations English eng Colorado State University. Libraries 2000-2019 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. feminist economics military-industrial complex STEM gender defense spending research and development Female participation in research and development: the role of government and defense spending Text Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Doctoral Economics Colorado State University This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). open.access