Women In Economics

Women In Economics / Natural resources

Women in Economics: Catherine Kling on Nature’s Real Worth

Catherine Kling November 16, 2023

Having access to nature can improve lives. But nature is a resource that is undervalued in our economies, and all too often left off the balance sheet. Catherine Kling is an environmental economist at Cornell University in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and has focused much of her career on creating the kind of data that encourages governments to include the value of nature in their economic decision-making. In this special episode of our Women in Economics series, Kling and Journalist Rhoda Metcalfe discuss why putting a price tag on nature will help save it.

Women In Economics / Cross-sector

Women in Economics: Eliana La Ferrara on Social Norms and Development

Eliana La Ferrara September 27, 2023

A functioning economy provides people with access to credit, insurance, and, among other things, investment opportunities. But what happens in poor communities where they are landless and have no wealth? Eliana La Ferrara says the social structure within those communities offers the collateral they need to make the economy work. La Ferrara is an award-winning economist and a professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Women In Economics / International trade

Nina Pavcnik on Trade and Development

Nina Pavcnik August 16, 2023

The dramatic opening up of markets to international trade over the past 30 years has been a boon to many developing economies but it has not benefitted everyone. Nina Pavcnik grew up in Yugoslavia and witnessed first-hand the effects of open markets on the lives of people across the border in Italy. Pavcnik is now Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and has become an authority on how international trade affects the poor. Journalist Rhoda Metcalfe sits down with Pavcnik to talk about her research as part of our series on extraordinary Women in Economics.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Women in Economics: Claudia Goldin on Family Economics

Claudia Goldin June 9, 2023

The history of economics has largely been written by men about men. Even when the economics of family became a burgeoning field of study in the 1970s, the woman’s role was hardly talked about. Claudia Goldin is a pioneer in the field of gender economics and her latest book Career and Family places women squarely at the center of the family economics story.

Women In Economics / Labor

Women in Economics: Betsey Stevenson on Work-Life Balance

Betsey Stevenson January 5, 2023

We often think about the economy as being driven by how productive we are on the job, but the pandemic made it clear that our personal lives and our work lives are in fact deeply linked.

Women In Economics / Development

Women in Economics: Seema Jayachandran: Change Attitudes Change Lives

Seema Jayachandran November 25, 2022

Economic progress improves lives, but it can also clash with some of the bigger development problems we face, like gender equality and the environment.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

A Sustainable Future: Ratna Sahay on Mainstreaming Gender

RATNA SAHAY, Jason Mitchell September 29, 2022

How can multilateral institutions like the IMF help close the gender gap?

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Women in Economics: Sabina Alkire: Tackling Poverty Beyond the Idea of Material Wealth

Sabina Alkire August 16, 2022

We hear from an economist who believes there is more to poverty reduction than just money.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Legal Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment

Katharine Christopherson June 3, 2022

When women begin to participate more in the economy, good things happen. There's more growth, less inequality, and greater financial stability.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Women in Economics: Clair Brown's Holistic Approach

Clair Brown May 5, 2022

She's advocating for a new, more sustainable approach to economic thinking in her book, Buddhist Economics.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Kristalina Georgieva: Women Are Powerful Agents of Change

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA March 10, 2022

As the world this week celebrates International Women's Day, hundreds of millions of women are living in conflict and fragility.

Women In Economics / Inclusion and gender

Women in Economics: Laura Carvalho on Popularizing Brazilian Economics

Laura Carvalho March 8, 2022

In this episode of Women in Economics, economist Laura Carvalho speaks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about how growing up in Brazil in the 90s during its currency swings and hyperinflation drove her to become one of the country's most influential economists.

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