Reaching the Top? On Gender Balance in the Economics Profession

Christina Jonung and Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg

Econ Journal Watch, 2008, vol. 5, issue 2, 174-192

Abstract: Despite an increasing number of women entering the economics profession during recent decades, it is still dominated by men. This paper summarizes the situation in academic economics in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, the United States, and Sweden (substantial appendices, not previously available in English, detail the situation in Sweden). Women constitute about a third of the PhD graduates in each country, but their share of the economics full professors is still between 5 and 9 percent. Compared to other academic fields, economics has the greatest gender discrepancy in career attainment. We discuss various reasons for the under-representation of women, and call for continued efforts to increase the presence of women.

Keywords: economics; women; gender; gender balance; career advancement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 A14 J16 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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