Why Women’s Voices Are Scarce in Economics
- 6 years ago
Why Women’s Voices Are Scarce in Economics
Female economists were 13 percentage points less likely to say
that the United States government is too large; 18 percentage points less likely to say the United States has excessive government regulation; 20 percentage points more likely to say employers should be required to provide workers with health insurance, and 16 percentage points more likely to say current policies excessively favor economic growth over environmental quality.
The share of female full professors of economics has continued to increase — it is now 14 percent in those departments with doctoral programs — at least in part
because greater numbers of women entered economics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
For instance, the report, which was published by the American Economic Association’s Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, shows
that about six years after the share of women starting doctoral programs began to shrink, the share of women completing Ph.
Among first-year doctoral students studying economics, the share was 32 percent
in 2017 — barely changed from 33 percent in 2000, according to the report.
For decades, the number of women studying economics seemed to be increasing, easing
the persistent scarcity of professional female economists in the United States.
Female economists were 13 percentage points less likely to say
that the United States government is too large; 18 percentage points less likely to say the United States has excessive government regulation; 20 percentage points more likely to say employers should be required to provide workers with health insurance, and 16 percentage points more likely to say current policies excessively favor economic growth over environmental quality.
The share of female full professors of economics has continued to increase — it is now 14 percent in those departments with doctoral programs — at least in part
because greater numbers of women entered economics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
For instance, the report, which was published by the American Economic Association’s Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, shows
that about six years after the share of women starting doctoral programs began to shrink, the share of women completing Ph.
Among first-year doctoral students studying economics, the share was 32 percent
in 2017 — barely changed from 33 percent in 2000, according to the report.
For decades, the number of women studying economics seemed to be increasing, easing
the persistent scarcity of professional female economists in the United States.