Fostering Diversity in Economics

WiE is a volunteer-run, non-profit association established to advance gender equality in the field of economics. Our goal is to encourage equal opportunity and balanced representation of genders in the economics profession across the academic, business and public sectors.

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An informal, research-focused seminar series designed to exchange ideas and provide academic insights. It supports and encourages sharing work-in progress, early research and collaborative learning.

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Current reflections on International Women's Day- Rights. Justice. Action.

This year’s UN mission statement made me go down a rabbit hole: Rights. Justice. Action. for all women and girls. It was upsetting to read that women hold only 64% of the rights men do. But this is not even the part that sent chills down my spine. I wanted to find out what’s changing. Surely, these numbers are heading upwards and we’re seeing progress towards full legal equality, right? However, that’s not completely true. I remember reading ‘ A Thousand Splendid Suns ’ as a

Rethinking Gender Gaps in Economics: Insights from the GENRECO Project

GENRECO starts from a simple but powerful idea: the gender gap in economics may stem not only from structural constraints, but also from the ways personality, values, and academic socialization interact with the norms of the field.

The Digital Age’s Amplification of Social Norms on Women in the Workforce

We might lose our progress toward gender equality in the workforce due to this new wave of traditionalism.

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