The Position of Women in UK Academic Economics

Bibliographic Data

ID9703559
AuthorsAlison 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)
Year2000
Volume110
Issue464
PagesF312-F333
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1468-0297.00541
OpenAlexW2136489259
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

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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