A Third Interview with NERA: Insights into Economic Consulting
It is always useful to understand what entry level opportunities exist across the economic sector and to hear of other's experiences....
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Dec 1, 20236 min
An open letter to Claudia Goldin
“I didn't know one could have any kind of feeling towards Nobel Prize announcements besides indifference but I was actually quite excited...
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Ella
Oct 11, 20234 min
Contextualising Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win; why this is a turning point
Claudia Goldin’s win of the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is a turning point for women’s...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Oct 4, 20234 min
A Second Interview with NERA: Insights into Economic Consulting
As an organisation, we recognize there are a multitude of career paths out there for women studying economics. This includes economic...
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Clara Schäper
Sep 1, 20238 min
Addressing Sexual Misconduct & Power Abuse in Academia
In October 2022, there was a #Metoo outcry within the field of economics following publicly revealed allegations of sexual harassment...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Feb 25, 20233 min
An Interview with NERA: Insights into Economic Consulting
Navigating the work force and understanding what opportunities exist is no easy task. So, we took the time to sit down with Leonie...
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Hudda Luni
Jan 9, 20237 min
Gender-Sensitive Response Post Climate-Disaster: a Learning Curve for Pakistan
“Ecofeminism is an integral facet of the women’s movement because it addresses the severing of Women and Mother Nature, and the...
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Pia Molitor
Nov 9, 20226 min
Overtime hours worked: a missing factor in understanding the gender wage gap
Contrary to many new initiatives and actions taken, there persists a severe gender wage gap. This is also the case for the profession of...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Oct 8, 20222 min
What if women in economics did win the Nobel?
There have been 4.5 times the number of “Roberts” to win the Nobel Prize in Economics than women. There have been two women, Elinor...
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Hafsa Jahan
Jul 24, 20225 min
What do high school students think about economics?
Questions from students in Bangladesh Young people are showing a piqued curiosity in economics. Specifically, high schoolers in...
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Oluwafisayo Ajayi
Feb 20, 20223 min
The relationship that exists among economic growth, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions
Energy is no doubt sacrosanct in any economy of the world today as it is essential in all economic activities, especially production and...
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Charlotte
Jan 25, 20225 min
Why I don’t want to be defined as a *woman* economist, but why it is important nonetheless
We start this article with a task to the reader: Close your eyes and picture an economist. Got someone in mind? Think of one. What or who...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Nov 29, 20215 min
Why Economics?
Our reflections on why we chose this discipline: Most often the discourse around being a woman in economics is about the pitfalls. It is...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Sep 22, 20215 min
The Link Between Economics, Climate Change, and Gender
While much of the future is unknown, Mary Daly, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve named one thing our “uncertain certainty”....
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Jun 11, 20212 min
Issues in Focus – The Gender Data Gap
Throughout the month of April 2021, the Women in Economics Initiative highlighted the “Gender Data Gap” on its varying platforms of...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Apr 19, 20215 min
The certainty trap – Why data may not be wrong but not right either
Are women more likely to suffer from side effects and complications following the vaccination against Covid-19? How is it that there are...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Nov 17, 20205 min
Thinking Like a Gender Economist 101
Do women face discrimination in job interviews, for reasons related to their gender? Do men actually earn more, for the same amount and...
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Ella
Aug 5, 20204 min
A Letter to Senior Economists
Dear senior U.S. economists, I’m scared. I feel like I’m throwing myself into shark-infested waters. Do you think I’m talking about my...
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Jess
Jul 24, 20203 min
We need to do more
We recently shared An Open Letter to Economic Institutions In The Face of #BlackLivesMatter by The Sadie Collective because we felt that...
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WiE Writing and Editing Team
Jul 21, 20205 min
WiE Gender Equality in the Workplace: a Look at the Effectiveness of Quotas
For every man who works full-time, there is a woman who does not because of the many obstacles women face in the workplace. Longstanding...
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