Why women in economics have little to celebrate
- Written by Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide
Women tend to get thrown into teaching rather than research, and tend to have their research overlooked.ShutterstockInternational Women’s Day is a good time ask two critical questions about economics: do we have enough women in it, and does it matter?
Women are less likely to take it up than they used to be.
Twenty five years ago around half...