Women in Economics

Why Should I Care?

Women have made important contributions to the field of Economics which may go unnoticed in a field dominated by men. We encourage you to learn about these wonderful women and their ideas.

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• Nobel Winners
  
• Women economistsEconomists whoin matterthe World
  

• Women Economists in Canada
  
• Feminist Economics

Who are the Women in Economics?

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https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.women.html

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• Nobel Winners
  

 

Joan Robinson

Monopolistic Competition




Janet Yellen

Fed chairwoman

chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018







Betsey Stevenson

Labour Economics

Esther Duflo (Nobel)

Experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Elinor Ostrom (Nobel)

Commons

Elinor Ostrom was a political scientist who in 2009 became the first-ever woman to receive the prestigious Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, along with economist Oliver Williamson.

• Women Economists in the World
  

Joan Robinson

Aligica,Monopolistic P. D. & Boettke, P. J. (). Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development: The Bloomington School 1st Edition. Routledge.Competition

Janet Yellen

Fed chairwoman

chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018

Betsey Stevenson

Labour Economics

Bronwyn Hughes Hall

Innovation Economics

Anke Becker

Herding and Gender Roles

Marianna Mazzucatto

“The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies”

 

InKate Raworth

Doughnut Economics, Oxfam

Jane Jacobs

Urban innovation, Development, Ecological economics

• Women Economists in Canada
  

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Sherry Cooper

Nicole M. Fortin

https://sites.google.com/view/nicole-m-fortin

 

 

Emanuela Cardia

UdeM

 

Margarida Duarte

UofT

 

Nora Traum

HEC

 

Margaret Emily Slade

UBC

Silvia Goncalves

McGill

• Feminist Economics
  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_economics 

Kate Raworth

DoughnutInternational Economics,Association Oxfamfor Feminist Economics (IAFFE)

 

Jane Jacobshttps://www.feministeconomics.net/

Urban innovation, Development, Ecological economics

 

References and Further Reading

APA style references

 Aligica, P. D. & Boettke, P. J. (). Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development: The Bloomington School 1st Edition. Routledge.