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WOMEN IN ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES: IS THERE STILL A GENDER IMBALANCE?
Author(s) -
Hopkins Sandra
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00365.x
Subject(s) - seniority , gender balance , demographic economics , balance (ability) , gender equality , representation (politics) , gender disparity , political science , sociology , economics , gender studies , psychology , law , politics , neuroscience
Women comprise 21 per cent of academics in departments of Economics in Australian universities and their representation declines with seniority. The percentage of female students in Economics courses is 42, which is considerably greater than the percentage of female staff. This paper presents some data on the gender balance in Australian Economics departments. It is found that gender inequity still exists in Economics departments, but there has been an improvement in the number of women at the senior level over the last four years. Reasons for the gender imbalance are discussed.