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Economics: Does it Have a Problem with Women?

Graham Watson

17th October 2017

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I'm very big on gender bias in labour markets: is the market for academic economists any different? It appears not: only around one-sixth of academic economists are female. So why is this the case?

Equal pay: What is the extent of the problem? https://t.co/4KfE5B7buy
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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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