The Position of Women in UK Academic Economics

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ID9703559
AutoresAlison L Booth (0000-0003-2237-5279, University of Essex), Jonathan Burton (0000-0002-4349-8465, University of Essex), Kevin Mumford (0000-0002-0190-5544, University of York), Karen Mumford (0000-0001-9816-9514, University of York)
Año2000
Volumen110
Número464
PáginasF312-F333
Fecha de publicación2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-0297.00541
OpenAlexW2136489259
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas1

This paper reports the results of the Royal Economic Society Women's Committee 1998 survey on the gender balance in UK academic economics. In 1998, female representation was 4% of professors, 11 % of senior lecturers or readers, 17% of permanent lecturers, 28% of fixed term lecturers, and 33% of PhD/research students. The main growth in female representation since 1996 has been in fixed term lectureships and in PhD/research students (a 5 percentage point increase for each). We suggest reasons for the low representation of women in academic economics, and also argue that it is a cause for concern

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