Women in Economics
Contents
Introduction
Women in the economics profession: Challenges and opportunities along the pipeline
Shelly Lundberg
Part I: Where are we and how did we get here?
1) Women in economics: Stalled progress
Shelly Lundberg and Jenna Stearns
2) Women in European economics
Emmanuelle Auriol, Guido Friebel, and Sascha Wilhelm
3) Black women economists: At the intersection of race and gender
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
4) ‘Out in the open’ controversy: Economists’ perspectives on the first gender reckoning in economics
Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Beatrice Cherrier, and John D. Singleton
Part II: The path to a PhD
5) ‘What can UWE do for economics?’
Tatyana Avilova and Claudia Goldin
6) Female role models inspire women to major in male-dominated fields
Catherine Porter and Danila Serra
7) Variation in women’s success across PhD programmes in economics
Leah Boustan, Andrew Langan, and I. Bailey Palmer
8) Peer effects in graduate programmes
Valerie K. Bostwick and Bruce A. Weinberg
Part III: Research and publishing
9) Gender and collaboration
Lorenzo Ductor, Sanjeev Goyal, and Anja Prummer
10) Publishing while female
Erin Hengel
11) Are referees and editors in economics gender-neutral?
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk, and Nagore Iriberri
12) Does gender matter to be accepted into economics conferences?
Laura Hospido and Carlos Sanz
Part IV: Promotion
13) Gender and promotion in economics academia
Shulamit Kahn
14) The gender promotion gap: Evidence from central banking
Laura Hospido, Luc Laeven, and Ana Lamo
15) Unintended consequences of a gender-neutral academic personnel policy
Heather Antecol, Kelly Bedard, and Jenna Stearns
16) Gender bias in student evaluations of teaching
Anne Boring
Part V: What else can we do?
17) Mentoring matters for women in economics
Donna K. Ginther, Janet M. Currie, Francine D. Blau, and Rachel T. A. Croson
18) Proven strategies for making economics work for women
Kasey Buckles
