Two female economists (hope more examples), I assume, outmatched their husbands were Joan Robinson and Elinor Ostrom...Justin Wolfers in thought-provoking essay tried to explore the treatment of female economists at the top by using the journalistic cliché that one is an example, two is a coincidence and three is a trend.
...Men’s voices tend to dominate economic debate, although perhaps this is shaped by how we talk about the contributions of female economists. This is easiest to see in how we discuss the work of economist power couples...there's a simple unconscious bias at work...Close your eyes for a moment, and picture an economist. Odds are you pictured a man...fit this pre-conceived idea of what an economist looks like...
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