RMIT’s Dr Leonora Risse, formerly of Harvard’s Women and Public Policy Program, argues greater gender diversity in economics would improve the quality of economic analysis and policy advice. Arguably, it would shine more light on and promote solutions to gender inequality (e.g. the gender pay gap). Is Leonora right, or is this “self-serving identity politics” as some fellow economists have alleged about a focus on gender issues? In Episode 124, Economics Explored host Gene Tunny explores this question in a wide-ranging conversation with Leonora. The discussion considers differing average preferences among male and female economists on policy issues such as fiscal austerity and redistribution, touching on UBI.
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Women tend not to initiate negotiations over pay and conditions as frequently as men, and this contributes to the gender pay gap. In Economics Explored EP107, Dr Maria Recalde from University of Melbourne explains what researchers have learned about gender differences in negotiation and potential policy responses which could improve outcomes for women, such as salary history bans and increased transparency.
About this episode’s guest – Dr Maria Recalde
Dr Maria P. Recalde is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, Australia. My main fields of interest are experimental and behavioral economics, public economics, and development.
Links relevant to the conversation with Dr Recalde
Gender Differences in Negotiation and Policy for Improvement
The gender pay gap with Dr Leonora Risse
Gender and the Labor Market: What Have We Learned from Field and Lab Experiments?
You can’t ask this: the spread of salary history bans and what it means for employers
Links mentioned in Gene’s introduction relating to EP106
At an Overrun ICU, ‘the Problem Is We Are Running Out of Hallways’
Heartbreaking plea from ICU nurse: ‘Bodies are piling up’
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