Why are there few women economists?

Do you think women are referenced enough in the history of economic thought? Given there have only been two female Nobel prize winners, could a lack of role models be contributing to this gender divide? A recent FT article, titled “fixing economics’ gender problem,” argued that change to make economics more representative is overdue. Two of Europe’s top female economists, Isabel Schnabel of the European Central Bank and Margarita Delgado, deputy governor of the Bank of Spain, told the paper that the profession needed to do more to help women advance. To discuss this, IEA Director of Communications Annabel Denham spoke to Vicky Pryce, economist, author and chief economic adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, Rachel Cole Head of Economics and Business at St Edward’s School in Cheltenham and the IEA’s Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton. Support the IEA on Patreon, where we give you the opportunity to directly help us continue producing stimulating and educational online content, whilst subscribing to exclusive IEA perks, benefits and priority access to our content https://www.patreon.com/iealondon   FOLLOW US: TWITTER - https://twitter.com/iealondon INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ieauk/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ieauk WEBSITE - https://iea.org.uk/