Gender ratios at top PhD programs in economics

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-70

  Hale, Galina ^a   Regev, Tali ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Economists; Gender; Gender bias; Minority; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CORRELATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR SUPPLY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899813872     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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