Vrouwen in de economie: een levenslange ontmoediging
Het man/vrouw-verschil is in de economische wetenschap groter dan in andere disciplines. Maar worden vrouwen op de middelbare school en tijdens hun loopbaan dan ook anders behandeld?
NWO’s role in improving gender balance
The number of female academic staff members at Dutch universities is among the lowest in Europe (LNVH, 2017) and all parties involved agree that the progress to increase this number is far too little. So we need action!
Still no more than a foot in the door
Twenty-five years ago, Hein Schreuder and Eline van der Heijden discussed the causes of the low share of women in economics in ESB. We’ve asked them to reflect on what they wrote at the time and on their experiences after that.
How to make career advancement in economics more inclusive
Men are overrepresented in senior academic positions in Economics. What factors can explain this phenomenon, and how can we make the academic environment more inclusive?
A behavioural view of women’s underrepresentation in economics
Women are underrepresented in economics and this trend has remained flat over recent years. Insights from behavioural economics provide clues about the causes and suggestions for remedies.
How I became a feminist
Diversity is a proven success factor, and so the lack of women in academia in general and economics in particular is a pitifully missed opportunity.
Academics on the gender imbalance in economics
The gender imbalance in economics does not only make a fascinating research topic, it is also highly personal for many researchers. In a round table discussion we asked both female and male economists to share their views.
Successful economists are highly masculine
Compared to other scientific disciplines, academics in economics and business stress the importance of stereotypical masculine traits like self-confidence and competitiveness for career success. Feminine traits like cooperativeness and modesty are deemed less important. Could this explain the low number of female academics in economics and business?
What economics faculties are doing about female scarcity
A survey among the economics faculties in The Netherlands maps the initiatives being taken to increase the low share of women within the economics discipline. Is it enough?
Happy to be a role model
At first sight, the gender imbalance in academia seems weird. Discrimination and prejudices are usually of less influence when a performance can be objectively measured. Academia is furthermore characterized by a freedom of where and when to work, which makes it attractive for a work-life balance. So ...?
Vrouwelijke econometristen hebben de toekomst
Vroeger nam men aan dat jongens beter waren in economie dan meisjes. De gender gap in het economisch onderwijs is echter verleden tijd. Sterker nog, in de moeilijkste opleiding binnen het economisch domein, econometrie, presteren vrouwelijke studenten het beste.
Wat doen de economische faculteiten aan het vrouwentekort
Een enquête onder de economiefaculteiten brengt in kaart wat er gedaan wordt om het lage aandeel vrouwen op te krikken. Maar is het genoeg?
Revealed preference and gender equality
Twenty-five years ago, Hein Schreuder and Eline van der Heijden discussed the causes of the low share of women in economics in ESB. We’ve asked them to reflect on what they wrote at the time and on their experiences after that.
“I just wanted to do economics”
Siv Gustafsson was the one of the first females to become full professor of economics in the Netherlands. What were her experiences? An interview.
Women in economics: a lifelong discouragement
The gender gap in economics science is worse than in other disciplines. Are women treated differently than men, in school and during their careers?
Female econometricians are the future
It used to be assumed that boys are better at economics than girls. However, today the gender gap in economics education is ancient history. In fact, now female students are the ones performing best in econometrics, the most difficult educational programme in the economics domain.