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Journal of Economic Perspectives

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The Reasons for CSWEP

  • Carolyn Shaw Bell
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 12, no. 4, Fall 1998
(pp. 191–195)
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Abstract

Both overt and covert instances of less than equal treatment for women and men were taken for granted until the so-called 'women's movement' of the l960s, of which CSWEP was a part. 'Economics is a man's field' summarizes the environment in the profession; this and other circumstances have been quickly forgotten. Focusing on ways to increase the supply of women in the profession, CSWEP created a roster of existing well-qualified economists and enabled their work to show up on programs and in journals. CSWEP economists demonstrated the power of changes at the margin; the experience could be useful today to replace the disputatious terms of quota or reverse discrimination. It should also stimulate further small changes that could yield much greater returns.

Citation

Bell, Carolyn Shaw. 1998. "The Reasons for CSWEP." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12 (4): 191–195. DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.4.191

JEL Classification

  • A14 Sociology of Economics
  • J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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