‘Resolved that the American Economic Association (AEA) declares that economics is not a man’s field’, read the set of resolutions adopted by the scientific society in December 1971. The product of a small group of women in the economics profession organising themselves, the resolutions called for the elimination of disparities in recruitment, salary, and promotion by university departments, among other demands. In response, the AEA established the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) to ‘adopt a positive program to eliminate sex discrimination among economists’. Chaired by Wellesley economist Carolyn Shaw Bell, the Committee’s first tasks would be to gather data and produce a report on the status of women in economics.
Cleo Chassonnery-Zaigouche, Beatrice Cherrier, John D. Singleton (2020). ‘Out in the open’ controversy: Economists’ Perspectives on the First Gender Reckoning in Economics. London : CEPR.
‘Out in the open’ controversy: Economists’ Perspectives on the First Gender Reckoning in Economics
Cleo Chassonnery-Zaigouche;
2020
Abstract
‘Resolved that the American Economic Association (AEA) declares that economics is not a man’s field’, read the set of resolutions adopted by the scientific society in December 1971. The product of a small group of women in the economics profession organising themselves, the resolutions called for the elimination of disparities in recruitment, salary, and promotion by university departments, among other demands. In response, the AEA established the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) to ‘adopt a positive program to eliminate sex discrimination among economists’. Chaired by Wellesley economist Carolyn Shaw Bell, the Committee’s first tasks would be to gather data and produce a report on the status of women in economics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
