On Gender Balance in the Economics Profession

This paper contends that women tend to eschew the economics profession due to institutional barriers and that women tend to identify themselves with professions less obtuse than economics. Furthermore this paper suggests that social pressures foster perceptions that appropriate fields of thought exist for women reinforcing the idea of appropriate academic fields for women.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	May, Ann Mari
Published in:	Econ Journal Watch. - Economics Department. - Vol. 5.2008, 2, p. 193-198
Publisher:	Economics Department
Subject:	economics \| women \| gender \| gender balance \| career advancement

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	J16 - Economics of Gender ; J7 - Discrimination ; A11 - Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; A14 - Sociology of Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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