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Economists Calculated Just How Much Sexism Exists in Their Industry

Women economists get far more scrutiny for their work than their male peers

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2 min readFeb 26, 2021

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Number Crunch logo above a generally downward trending line graph next to the text “12%: How many more questions female economists are asked at conferences than male economists. Source: The New York Times”

12%: That’s how many more questions female economists received while presenting at conferences compared to their male counterparts, according to a working paper by a team of…

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