Gender representation in economics across topics and time: evidence from the NBER
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Keywords
gender; economics; representation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GEN-2017-11-12 (Gender)
- NEP-SOG-2017-11-12 (Sociology of Economics)
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