We study prices paid at auction for artworks created by male and female artists, based on birth-identified sex, and how these prices have evolved over time. Artworks produced by female artists comprise less than 4% of art auction sales; after controlling for artwork characteristics, we find that artworks by female artists are 4.4% more expensive than artworks by male artists. In the top echelon of the art market—for sales above $1 million—artworks by male artists sell for 18.4% more than by female artists. The top 40 artists represent 40% of total market share; no female artist makes the top 40 ranking of artists in terms of total sales value at auction in the period under study, 2000–2017. However, for contemporary artists, our empirical results show that works by male artists sell for 8.3% more than their female counterparts. Overall, this study highlights significant price differences across birth-identified sex in the secondary market for fine art.

我们研究根据性别识别的男女艺术家在艺术品拍卖中支付的价格，以及这些价格如何随着时间变化。女性艺术家创作的艺术品占艺术品拍卖销售额的不到4％；在控制了艺术品的特征之后，我们发现女性艺术家的艺术品比男性艺术家的艺术品贵4.4％。在艺术品市场的顶级梯队中（销售额超过100万美元），男性艺术家的艺术品售价比女性艺术家高出18.4％。前40位艺术家占总市场份额的40％；在研究期间（2000-2017年），没有女性艺术家在拍卖总销售额中位居艺术家前40名。但是，对于当代艺术家，我们的经验结果表明，男性艺术家的作品比女性艺术家的作品高出8.3％。全面的，