Graduate Studies in Economics

Research on Gender and Race in Economics

Two subcommittees of the American Economics Association are charged with addressing gender and minority group issues in the economics profession:

The CSMGEP oversees the American Economic Association’s Summer Program and Mentoring Program.

Gender Issues:

Albelda, Randy. 1995. "The Impact of Feminism in Economics- Beyond the Pale?  A Discussion and Survey Results." Journal of Economic Education, 26 (3), pp. 253-273.

Bettinger, Eric P. and Bridget T. Long. 2005. "Do Faculty Serve As Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students." American Economic Review, 95 (2), pp. 152-157.

Blackaby, David, Alison L. Booth, and Jeff Frank. 2005. "Outside Offers and the Gender Pay Gap: Empirical Evidence from the UK Academic Labour Market." Economic Journal, 115 (501), pp. F81-F107.

Dynan, Karen E. and Cecilia Elena Rouse. 1997. "The Underrepresentation of Women in Economics: A Study of Undergraduate Economics Students." Journal of Economic Education, 28 (4), pp. 350-368.

Ferber, Marianne A. 1995. "The Study of Economics: A Feminist Critique." American Economic Review, 85 (2), pp. 357-361.

Ginther, Donna K. and Shulamit Kahn. 2004. "Women in Economics: Moving up or Falling off the Academic Career Ladder?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 (3), pp. 193-214

Kahn, Shulamit. 1993. "Gender Differences in Academic Career Paths of Economists." American Economic Review, 83 (2), pp. 52-56.

Kahn, Shulamit. 1995. "Women in the Economics Profession." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9 (4), pp. 193-206.

Kolpin, Van W. and Larry D. Singell. 1996. "The Gender Composition and Scholarly Performance of Economics Departments: A Test for Employment Discrimination." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 49 (3), pp. 408-423.

McDowell, John M., Larry D. Singell Jr., and Mark Stater. 2006. "Two to Tango? Gender Differences in the Decisions to Publish and Coauthor." Economic Inquiry, 44 (1), pp. 153-168.

McDowell, John M, Larry D. Singell Jr., and James P. Ziliak. 2001. "Gender and Promotion in the Economics Profession." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 54(2), pp. 224-244.

Neumark, David and Rosella Gardecki. 1998. "Women Helping Women? Role Model and Mentoring Effects on Female Ph.D. Students in Economics." Journal of Human Resources, 33 (1), pp. 220-246.

Robb, Roberta E. and A. Leslie Robb. 1999. "Gender and the Study of Economics: The Role of Gender of the Instructor." Journal of Economic Education, 30 (1), pp. 3-19.

Robst, John, Jennifer VanGilder, and Solomon Polachek. 2003. "Perceptions of Female Faculty Treatment in Higher Education: Which Institutions Treat Women More Fairly?" Economics of Education Review, 22 (1), pp. 59-67.

Shelburn, Marsha R. and Patsy G. Lewellyn. 1995. "Gender Bias in Doctoral Programs in Economics." Journal of Economic Education, 26 (4), pp. 373-382.

Singell, Larry D., Jr. and Joe A. Stone. 1993. "Gender Differences in Ph.D. Economists' Careers." Contemporary Policy Issues, 11 (4), pp. 95-106. 

Todd, Patricia. 2000. "Gender and Promotion in Academia." Equal Opportunities International, 19 (8), pp. 1-16

Van Der Burg, Brigitte, Jacques Siegers, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer. 1998. "Gender and Promotion in the Academic Labour Market." Labour, 12 (4), pp. 701-713.

Race Issues:

Agesa, Jacqueline, Maury Granger, and Gregory N. Price. 1998. "Economics Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Rankings and Effects on the Supply of Black Economists." Review of Black Political Economy, 25 (4), pp. 39-51.

Agesa, Jacqueline, Maury Granger, and Gregory N. Price. 2000. "Economics Faculty Research at Teaching Institutions: Are Historically Black Colleges Different?" Southern Economic Journal, 67 (2), pp. 427-447.

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