Book Women in Economics

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Women in Economics

edited by Shelly Lundberg

3 May 2020

A new book examines the role and progress of women in professional economics, reviews the barriers that women face at various stages of the training and promotional pipeline, evaluates programmes designed to support and encourage female economists, and discusses the benefits of greater gender equality across economics research professions.

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Introduction: Women in Economics

Shelly Lundberg

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Lundberg, S (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/introduction-women-economics

Women in economics: Stalled progress

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Lundberg, S and J Stearns (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/women-economics-stalled-progress

Black women economists: At the intersection of race and gender

Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe

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Sharpe, R (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/black-women-economists-intersection-race-and-gender

‘Out in the open’ controversy: Economists’ perspectives on the first gender reckoning in economics

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Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, C, B Cherrier and J Singleton (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/out-open-controversy-economists-perspectives-first-gender-reckoning-economics

‘What can UWE do for economics?’

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Avilova, T and C Goldin (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/what-can-uwe-do-economics

Female role models inspire women to major in male-dominated fields

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Porter, C and D Serra (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/female-role-models-inspire-women-major-male-dominated-fields

Publishing while female

Erin Hengel

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Hengel, E (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/publishing-while-female

Are referees and editors in economics gender-neutral?

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Card, D, S DellaVigna, and P Funk (2020), “Are referees and editors in economics gender-neutral?“, in N Iriberri (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/are-referees-and-editors-economics-gender-neutral

Does gender matter to be accepted into economics conferences?

The gender promotion gap: Evidence from central banking

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Hospido, L, L Laeven and A Lamo (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/gender-promotion-gap-evidence-central-banking

Unintended consequences of a gender-neutral academic personnel policy

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Antecol, H, K Bedard and J Stearns (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/unintended-consequences-gender-neutral-academic-personnel-policy

Gender bias in student evaluations of teaching

Anne Boring

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Boring, A (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/gender-bias-student-evaluations-teaching

Proven strategies for making economics work for women

Kasey Buckles

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Buckles, K (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/proven-strategies-making-economics-work-women

Variation in women’s success across PhD programmes in economics

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Boustan, L, A Langan and I Palmer (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/variation-womens-success-across-phd-programmes-economics

Peer effects in graduate programmes

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Bostwick, V and B Weinberg (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/peer-effects-graduate-programmes

Mentoring matters for women in economics

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Blau, F, R Croson, and J Currie (2020), “Mentoring matters for women in economics“, in D Ginther (eds), Women in Economics, CEPR Press, London. https://cepr.org/chapters/mentoring-matters-women-economics