It's #InternationalWomensDay2022 #IWD2022 ✨
Women and non-binary people are still systematically excluded from economic thinking and decision making.
A thread🧵.
Women and non-binary people are still systematically excluded from economic thinking and decision making.
A thread🧵.
1/ Students
Worryingly, the number of women studying economics is backsliding.
The proportion of UK economics undergraduates who are women was only 27% in 2019 - down from 31% in 2002.
res.org.uk/resources-page….
Worryingly, the number of women studying economics is backsliding.
The proportion of UK economics undergraduates who are women was only 27% in 2019 - down from 31% in 2002.
res.org.uk/resources-page….
2/ Academics
Women make up 15% of economics professors. Only 8% of academic posts are held by Black women and women of colour.
At no point between 2012–2018 was a Black woman employed as a professor of economics anywhere in the UK, @RoyalEconSoc has shown.
Women make up 15% of economics professors. Only 8% of academic posts are held by Black women and women of colour.
At no point between 2012–2018 was a Black woman employed as a professor of economics anywhere in the UK, @RoyalEconSoc has shown.
3/ Policymakers
Only 27% of seats on the @BankofEngland’s main policymaking committees are women.
All 121 governors in the Bank of England’s history have been men.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Only 27% of seats on the @BankofEngland’s main policymaking committees are women.
All 121 governors in the Bank of England’s history have been men.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
4/ Women face routine discrimination & harassment, and find their work devalued by peers.
In a survey of American economists, nearly half of women reported having been discriminated against on the basis of gender, compared to 3% of men.
chicagobooth.edu/review/climate…
In a survey of American economists, nearly half of women reported having been discriminated against on the basis of gender, compared to 3% of men.
chicagobooth.edu/review/climate…
5/ Diverse identities and perspectives = better policymaking.
Studies have shown women economists are more likely to support government intervention and environmental regulation, and to be concerned about inequality.
voxeu.org/article/why-ha…
Studies have shown women economists are more likely to support government intervention and environmental regulation, and to be concerned about inequality.
voxeu.org/article/why-ha…
6/ Economics helps us make key decisions about jobs, resources, housing, care, and infrastructure.
We need everyone in society to be able to take part.
We need everyone in society to be able to take part.
7/ Follow & support organisations doing essential work to diversify economics, like:
@FemEconSoas @TheBlackEcon_ @Women_in_Econ @DivDecEcon @WomenInEcon @FeministEcon @WomensBudgetGrp @FeministReview_ @feministfp @SadieCollective @DAWNfeminist
Who did we miss?
END. #IWD2022
@FemEconSoas @TheBlackEcon_ @Women_in_Econ @DivDecEcon @WomenInEcon @FeministEcon @WomensBudgetGrp @FeministReview_ @feministfp @SadieCollective @DAWNfeminist
Who did we miss?
END. #IWD2022
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