April Burrage, Ph.D.
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aprilburrage.bsky.social
April Burrage, Ph.D.
@aprilburrage.bsky.social
Provostial Fellow at Stanford University
Economist focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and labor
https://aprilburrage.com/
Yes, the innovation Econ community is great!
March 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Exactly lol
March 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yes, she is definitely the exception to the rule.
March 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is true. I am realizing this is a universal opinion.
March 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Social scientists and business disciplines.
March 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I would think boots would be the only option in Toronto.
January 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
7/ The takeaway: Simple, low-cost changes in messaging—like emphasizing societal impact—can attract more women to pursue entrepreneurship. 🌟 #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
6/ Key Result 3: Our email experiment found women were significantly more likely to respond to recruitment emails emphasizing social impact vs. commercial goals. #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
5/ Key Result 2: In NSF I-Corps projects (2011–2019), women PIs emphasized social impact more in their abstracts compared to men. #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM

4/ Key Result 1: From our survey, women expressed significantly stronger social entrepreneurial intentions than men. #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM

3/ Our three-part study:
1️⃣ Survey: Measured entrepreneurial intentions by gender.
2️⃣ NSF I-Corps abstracts: Analyzed social vs. commercial framing in project summaries.
3️⃣ Experiment: Tested how social framing impacts interest in entrepreneurship by gender. #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
2/ Women make up ~20% of NSF I-Corps participants. Emphasizing social impact over commercial goals can boost women’s interest in entrepreneurship, addressing gender gaps in innovation. There is a similar gap in patenting. #econsky
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM