The gender gap in economics is growing - here's why we need to close it
Northern European countries, which have achieved high levels of female representation at university as a whole, perform rather poorly and have a gender gap in graduation rates from economics undergraduate degrees. Image: Unsplash/ ActionVance
Rigissa Megalokonomou
PhD Candidate, University of Warwick
Duygu Yengin
Director of Gender Equity, University of Adelaide Faculty of Professions
Marian Vidal-Fernandez
Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
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