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July 25, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
July 25, 2017
Why There Are So Few Female CEOs

Asking why the number of female CEOs remains low, we can look at the gender balance in workforce pipelines to the top of different industries.

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July 19, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and Hollywood gender gap Star Wars Monopoly game
July 19, 2017
The Hollywood Gender Gap

Excluding Rey from its newest Star Wars Monopoly game, Hasbro added to a Hollywood gender gap described in a new study from USC Annenberg.

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July 11, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Saudi woman Manal al-Shafif
July 11, 2017
How Women Could Elevate the Saudi GDP

Far more than constraining Saudi women, Saudi Arabia's discrimination diminishes the entire economy's production possibilities.

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July 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
July 7, 2017
Fracking, Fertility and Families

By comparing manufacturing and fracking communities, economists are trying to figure out why the number of single parents is soaring.

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July 5, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
July 5, 2017
Manufacturing, Men, and Marriage Markets

Hit by trade shock from China, U.S. communities that experience factory layoffs and closings will also see an impact on marriage rates.

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June 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
June 29, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Traditional First Date

Only several decades ago, the dating norms that said who paid for a meal were much clearer than they are today because of women's new economic role.

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May 22, 2017
economic news roundup and assortative dating
May 22, 2017
Why Marriage Extends the Gender Pay Gap

We can see that the gender pay gap is about so much more than the firm when we look at marriage, children, home responsibilities, and education.

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May 16, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and standardized dress sizes
May 16, 2017
The Rise and Fall of Standardized Dress Sizes in the U.S.

Whereas we know the size of an inch and a mile, standardized dress sizes were developed and then abandoned in the United States.

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May 5, 2017
gender pay gap
May 5, 2017
Questions About the Global Gender Gap

Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.

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May 2, 2017
defining old
May 2, 2017
A New Kind of (Japanese) Stress

Requiring shorter refrigerators and adult diapers, Japan's aging population is creating demographic stress as their numbers grow.

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April 2, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and glass ceiling
April 2, 2017
The Athletic Programs That Score High for Gender Bias

With a poor hiring record for female college coaches, many universities and athletic conferences have received dismal gender bias grades.

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March 14, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 14, 2017
How to Google Gender Bias

Reflecting and encouraging gender bias against women, the occupational pictures displayed online at Google images can be inaccurate and unprofessional.

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