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March 12, 2024
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March 12, 2024
Why a Job Name Makes a Difference

Seeing males dominate arts award nominees and beyond, we can ask how, where, and when inclusioon initiatives will make a difference.

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March 3, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
March 3, 2024
Where Do We Need To Boost Birth Rates?

The financial "band-aid" approach of many nations has made the problem of low birth rates especially tough to solve.

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February 22, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
February 22, 2024
Where Women Pay the Motherhood Penalty

Knowing there is a global motherhood penalty that has not been quantitatively confirmed, scholars recently expanded the numbers.

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February 15, 2024
AI productivity
February 15, 2024
Why Dating Norms Need To Change

Starting to shift, the traditional dating norms that signal men should pay for dinner have a hidden downside.

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January 28, 2024
Barbie and film industry patriarchy
January 28, 2024
What a Behavioral Economist Might Say About the Barbie Snub

Noting the Oscar nominations that top-grossing film "Barbie" did not get, we can ask if the film industry patriarchy was the reason.

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January 14, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
January 14, 2024
Where the Child Penalty Is Bigger (And Smaller)

For women that work outside the home and decide to have a baby, where they live can determine their child penalty.

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October 12, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
October 12, 2023
When Doing Good Backfires

Previously a huge economic mystery, researchers now think they know why the gender wage gap stopped shrinking during the 1990s.

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October 11, 2023
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October 11, 2023
Why We Should Be More Like Our Pharmacist

Usually summarized by one percent, the gender pay gap is so much more complex when we look at a slew of other variables.

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September 28, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
September 28, 2023
Where to Find the Corporations With Gender Equality

Looking at gender equality in the U.S. and globally, we see that many of the numbers send a discouraging message.

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September 10, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
September 10, 2023
Where Equal Pay Cost £1.1bn

Whether looking at a city, a firm, or a sports team, we would see that equal pay outlays always have an oppoturnity cost.

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September 7, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and younger working women
September 7, 2023
How Women Surprised Economists

Surprising economists, after pandemic lows, the number of working women in the labor force with young children went up.

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August 20, 2023
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August 20, 2023
Where Women Should Work

Ensnared in a patrilineal trap, that constrains potential production, India has many fewer women in the labor force.

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