Gender Gaps in the Federal Reserve System

Deepa Datta and Nitzan Tzur-Ilan

No 2024-092, Finance and Economics Discussion Series from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: To better understand the stalled progress of women in economics, we construct new data on women's representation and research output in one of the largest policy institutions—the Federal Reserve System. We document a slight increase in women’s representation over the past 20 years, in line with academic trends. We also document a significant gender gap in research output, especially for years in which economists have greater domestic responsibilities, but nearly absent gender gaps in policy output and career progression. This work complements existing research on women in academia, allowing a more comprehensive examination of progress in the economics profession.

Keywords: Central banks; Diversity; Gender inequality; Leaky pipeline; Research output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 E58 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 p.
Date: 2024-12-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-gen, nep-his, nep-lab and nep-sog
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DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2024.092

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