Turning up the volume for women in economics at @iea_we, she/her, views are my own
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⚡️Saying it like it is
15 Dec 2023
Sex and gender play a crucial role in countless policy areas, from health care to economic growth to climate change. Yet this is consistently disregarded, laments @NavikaMehta of @iea_we. bit.ly/48jAdJH
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LAC's relatively lower tariffs have created an unexpected opening: trade diversion from Southeast Asian economies in clothing, medical devices & agro-industry. Eugenia Andreasen (@decon_uchile) on the opportunities amid the disruption, in @ProSyn: bit.ly/4r8q0cM
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When people are asked what workers *should* be paid, they don't penalize women doing identical tasks.
Instead, they assign lower pay to jobs *associated with women* — regardless of who does them.
By @EleniABYIT Nicholls & Pleace for @ProSyn
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✨Article #94✨#Pakistan has the lowest female labour force participation in the region (barring Afghanistan) — 24%. The cost? An estimated 30% of GDP left on the table.
By Hadia Majid @EconomicsLUMS ➡️ @vox_dev with @iea_we
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Jun 7
⌛️Latest 5 articles moving us quickly towards #100articlesIEAWE (1/5) @iea_we
Why Gender Inequality Still Haunts the Economy bit.ly/4fnJKpT
From #SouthAfrica by @EleniABYIT, Nicholls @UPTuks & Pleace @UNUWIDER @ProSyn
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📢 How to Encourage Deceased Organ Donation
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bit.ly/4dV4kwR
By @ChristinaSaraha & Maleke Fourati for @ProSyn
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📢 Female labour force participation in #Pakistan and the central role of norms (3/5)
bit.ly/4vyqqLA
By Hadia Majid @EconomicsLUMS for @vox_dev
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📢 Latin America’s Agricultural Boom Is Faltering bit.ly/4x937JK (2/5)
By @anamibanez, Lina Salazar, and Maja Schling @the_IDB @ProSyn
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✨Article #92✨ Women's labor-force participation is still ~24 percentage points below men's globally. Less than 5% of women live in economies with near-full legal equality.
From #SouthAfrica by @EleniABYIT, Nicholls @UPTuks & Pleace @UNUWIDER
@ProSyn bit.ly/4fnJKpT
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Jun 3
🚨This is the 92nd article published through @iea_we — and a topic that deserves the space.
@EleniABYIT, Nicky Nicholls @UPTuks & Michelle Pleace @UNUWIDER make a case that gender inequality isn't about outdated beliefs. It's structural. 🧵 @ProSyn bit.ly/4fnJKpT
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The finding that stayed with me is that people don't assign lower pay to women doing identical work.
They assign lower pay to jobs *associated* with women.
That distinction matters enormously for policy design — it's not just bias, it's how labour markets are built.
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May 14
What works in global health?
Here are 25 lessons from @vox_dev on health management & tech, insurance/subsidies, policy, vaccines/drugs mental health, menstrual health & early child development
more resources!
voxdev.org/topic/health/glob…
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Superb piece on something that’s not being discussed enough!! 91st @iea_we article published earlier this month, by @Maria_Lombardi1 @utditella #100articlesIEAWE
✨Article 91✨ #AI closed 75% of the performance gap between high school and college-educated workers in a new study — but only when less-educated workers could actually access it. The technology isn't the variable. Access is.
@Maria_Lombardi1 for @ProSyn ➡️ #100articlesIEAWE
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✨Article #90✨examines what's holding back agricultural productivity in #Ghana — a question with significant stakes for Sub-Saharan Africa's development trajectory.✍️@nkechi_owoo @UnivofGh for @vox_dev ➡️#100articlesIEAWE
📢In #Ghana, farmers report using "improved" seeds but they're often recycled over multiple seasons, eroding yield gains over time. The issue isn't adoption rates, it's *quality* of what's being adopted.
By @nkechi_owoo @UnivofGh for @vox_dev with @iea_we bit.ly/42gcoBH
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May 25
Nearly at 💯🎉🎊🪅 follow @iea_we for the journey to 100 articles by women economists from across the world 🌍 #100articlesIEAWE
📢We're counting up to something big 🧵We've published 90 media articles by women economists on @vox_dev, @voxeu & @ProSyn since May 2023 and ➡️we're on our way to 100. #100articlesIEAWE #WomenInEcon
Follow along for the countdown⌛️
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Women’s status in economics: Evidence from Africa, Asia, and Latin America
@InesBerniell (@economicas_unlp @CEDLAS), @_ADeshpande (@AshokaUniv @LSEInequalities), @raquel1fernan (@NYUFASEcon), @NavikaMehta (@iea_we) & Fiona Tregenna (@go2uj @UNUMERIT): voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…
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This past month we've published some very cool articles at @iea_we with our partners @ProSyn @vox_dev & @voxeu
1⃣ Women in Male-Dominated Fields bit.ly/4vbJIHj
2⃣ Examining Mexico’s Seguro Popular bit.ly/4ukT1Uj
3⃣ Women's status in Econ bit.ly/494B7MT
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3⃣ Draws on the first comparable, country-level evidence base from Argentina, Colombia, Ghana, India, Mexico, and South Africa, & documents significant variation in where and how women exit the academic economics pipeline bit.ly/494B7MT #womeninecon
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2⃣ Shows that understanding how households value benefits like free health insurance is central to designing policies that are both effective and fiscally sustainable, examining Mexico's Seguro Popular ➡️ bit.ly/4ukT1Uj
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1⃣ This article is a brilliant example of how economic research can contribute meaningfully to popular culture and mainstream debates,
Women in Male-Dominated Fields bit.ly/4vbJIHj
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➡️ "Discussions about gender and work often morph into cultural clashes, driven by fear, ideology, or frustration. While those feelings will not simply go away, our research offers empirical evidence that should guide debate and inform policymaking."
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