David Glenn’s “Economists Ponder Their Doctoral Programs ... " (Research Notes, The Chronicle, January 20) provides a tantalizing glimpse of the gender bias that haunts graduate study in economics.

After just one week in an economics course, it’s not uncommon to see many students drop the class. However, for some women in economics, course difficulty isn’t the only barrier they’re facing.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market. The ...

A new study is the first analysis of transgender and cisgender economic behavior, and the first to consider whether sex assigned at birth plays a significant part in economic decisions. Gender and sex ...

The number of years it will take to achieve gender parity has increased to 135, according to a new World Economic Forum report. At an Open Forum session in Davos, leaders and change-makers met to ...

Whether it’s in working to eliminate poverty, reinventing development economics, examining social safety nets, or improving democratic institutions, Finance & Development magazine has regularly ...

The 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum, shows a 34% decrease to 169 years for women to catch up to men economically. 1 The drop from 257 years in the 2020 report ...

Join us for this first lecture in our new series organised in memory of which will be delivered by Naila Kabeer. Professor Kabeer will use a feminist economic lens to analyse a range of different ...

The EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights serves as a long-term policy framework to advance equality and eliminate persistent gender ...

A new report out today shows that companies taking action for gender equality see lower staff turnover, more women in ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 5 - Gender Equality. Gender differences permeate every aspect of economic life, from labour market participation and earnings to ...