Women in Economics
Women In Economics[edit]
This is about women in the economics profession.
Studies Done on Women in Economics[edit]
In 2015 Harvard researcher Heather Sarsons published a paper on whether coauthored papers and the effect gender of the authors might effect tenure. The paper found that there was an 8% increase in the probability of a male economist getting a tenured post with a co-authored paper on their resume, but only a 2% increase for female economists.[1]
In 2017 Alice Wu, an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, published a study.[2]The study used natural language processing to look at a website EconJobRumors.com, an online forum used by academic economist to discuss job openings and candidates. The studies findings show that when posters on the site discussed female economists they tended to discuss the women's appearance, in contrast when discussing male economist they tended to use terms emphasizing there intellectual abilities.[3]
Amount of Women In Undergraduate and Graduate Economic Programs in the United States[edit]
The amount of undergraduate women majoring in economics in the United States peaked in the mid to late 1990's and has decreased since. Women earn the majority of undergraduate degrees in the United States, but in 2016 only 35% of economic majors were women. This is the same amount of undergraduate economic degrees awarded to women in the early 1980's.[4]
In 2016 the share of women in PhD economics programs was 31%. This share has not increased in the last 20 years.[5]
Famous Women In Economic[edit]
- Edith Abbot- Had a hand in drafting the US Social Security Act of 1935.
- Anna Schwartz- Coauthor of "A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960."
- Elinor Ostrom - The only women to ever win the Nobel Price in economics. Ostrom won in 2009.
- Carmen Reinhart- Reinhart is a Macroeconomist and coauthor of “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly” and “Growth in a time of debt."
References[edit]
- ↑ Sarsons, Heather. 2015. “Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work.” Harvard Economics Department Working Paper. December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Maclay, Kathleen (11 January 2018). "Fighting Misogyny in Economics: Alice Wu, Take a Bow". Berkely News. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Wu, Alice H. 2017. “Gender Stereotyping in Academia: Evidence from Economics Job Market Rumors Forum.” https://ssrn.com/abstract=3051462 (accessed October 29, 2018).
- ↑ Wolfers. "Why Women's Voices Are Scarce In Economics".
- ↑ "CSWEP: Survey and Annual Report". American Economic Association. 2016.
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