30 percent of female economists say they’ve been discriminated against, prompting calls for major change
Then-Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017. President Trump did not reappoint Yellen as chair, breaking with tradition. .
Women have far worse experiences than men in the economics profession, according to the survey. Thirty percent of female economists said they felt discriminated against, compared to 12 percent of men. Women felt they were treated especially unfairly when it came to pay, promotion decisions, course evaluations and expectations of serving on various committees.
“One thing is clear: There is systematic evidence of differences of views between men and women in terms of how valued they feel in the field of economics and whether they’re given a fair chance to demonstrate their skills and get promoted,” Bernanke said in an interview with The Washington Post. Some might point out that the response rate was only about 20 percent, but members of the AEA board counter that the rate is better than political polls and note that their results echo numerous other studies. The data line up with research and personal anecdotes from female economists, who have come forward to talk about their experiences of being ostracized in nearly all-male departments or outright groped.
“One of my moves professionally was primarily motivated by a bullying culture in one department,” Susan Athey, an economics professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, said at the AEA meeting in early January. “Every individual needs to feel it’s their responsibility to try to change things. There are too many people who sit around and see things and don’t do anything,” said Yellen.
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