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Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Winter 2006 Published three times annually by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Report of the Committee CONTENTS on the Status of Women 2005 Annual Report: 1, 3–8 in the Economics Claudia Goldin Receives 2005 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award: 1, 14 Profession 2005 Interview with Marianne Bertrand: 1, 14–15 —Submitted by Francine D. Blau From the Chair: 2 The Committee on the Status of Women in the Feature Articles: Teaching Economics in Economics Profession (CSWEP) was estab- Different Environments: 9–14 lished by the American Economic Association CSWEP Gender Sessions Summaries ASSA (AEA) in 1971 to monitor the status of wom- 2006: 16 en in the profession and formulate activities CSWEP Non-Gender Sessions Summaries ASSA to improve their status. This report begins by 2006: 18 summarizing trends in the representation of An Interview with women in the economics profession focus- Southern Economic Association Meeting ing particularly on the past decade. It then Marianne Bertrand, CSWEP Session Summaries: 20 takes a more detailed look at newly collected 2004 Elaine Bennett Southern Economic Association Meeting data for the current year and summarizes the Call for Papers: 21 Committee’s activities over the past year. Research Award Winner Eastern Economic Association Annual continued on page 3 The Elaine Bennett Research Prize is given Meeting CSWEP Sessions: 22 every two years to recognize, support and en- Midwest Economic Association Annual Claudia Goldin Receives courage outstanding contributions by young Meeting CSWEP Sessions: 22 women in the economics profession. The Announcements: 27 2005 Carolyn Shaw Bell prize is made possible by contributions from Award William Zame and others in memory of Elaine Upcoming Regional Meetings: back cover Bennett, who made signifi cant contributions Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of to economic theory and experimental econom- Economics at Harvard University, is an ex- ics. Marianne Bertrand is the 2004 recipient traordinary scholar. She has taken the tools of the Elaine Bennett Research Award. She is of quantitative economics to historical data in interviewed by Judith Chevalier, who won the Teaching Economics in ways that inform us at the deepest level about a award in 1998. range of current economic issues. Her work on Different Environments the long-term evolution of female labor force 1. When did you decide you wanted to be an uuuuu participation, con- economist? tained in her 1990 Actually, I wanted to be- 9 Introduction by Ann Owen come a journalist, not an Oxford Press book 10 Working Effectively with as well as in a num- economist. My “plan” was Graduate Students by Rebecca M. ber of articles in the to apply to a journalism Blank top journals, stands school in France. In order as a model in the to do that, however, I fi rst 11 Advice for Economists at Liberal fi eld of economic needed to complete two Arts Colleges by Debra Barbezat history. Her current years of college. I fi gured 13 On Teaching Economics to MBA work on the history economics was something Students by Francine Lafontaine of American edu- useful to learn in preparation cation promises to for journalism. So, I went to continued on page 14 Francine Blau, Claudia Goldin, and Sharon Oster continued on page 14 DIRECTORY OF CSWEP BOARD MEMBERS From the Chair Lisa Lynch, Chair Anne Paulson Fletcher School of Law and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago In my fi rst newsletter as Chair of CSWEP let me say that I Diplomacy 230 South LaSalle Street am deeply honored to be Chair and look forward to work- Tufts University Chicago, IL 60604-1412 ing with our lively CSWEP board and supporters. All of us 160 Packard Avenue [email protected] are indebted to Francine Blau for her leadership as Chair Medford, MA 02155 [email protected] Karine S. Moe over the past three years. I hope to maintain her standard Macalester College of commitment and passion over the next three years. I Joan G. Haworth, Membership-Chair 1600 Grand Avenue am delighted to report that Fran will continue her work on CSWEP’s National ERS Group St. Paul, MN 55105 Science Foundation funded project on the impact of mentoring for junior econ- 4901 Tower Court (651) 696-6793 Tallahassee, FL 32303 FAX (651) 696-6746 omists. All of us on the CSWEP board would also like to thank the following (850) 562-1211 [email protected] board members who recently ended their terms: Lisa Barrow from the Federal FAX (850) 562-3838 Reserve Bank in Chicago, Daniel Hamermesh from the University of Texas at [email protected] Sharon Oster Yale University School of Austin, and Catherine Mann from the Institute for International Economics. Katharine G. Abraham Management We welcome new members Donna Ginther from the University of Kansas, University of Maryland 135 Prospect Street Anna Paulson from the Federal Reserve of Chicago, and Richard Startz from 1218 LeFrak Hall Box 208200 Washington University. Karine Moe from Macalester College has agreed to College Park, MD 20742 New Haven, CT 06520 stay on the board and continue as Oversight Editor for this newsletter and board (301) 405-1004 (203) 432-5969 FAX (301) 314-7912 [email protected] member Gail Hoyt of the University of Kentucky has become the new southern [email protected] representative for CSWEP. Ann Owen CSWEP has sponsored a range of activities over the past fours months. In Economics Department Rachel Croson November 2005 it sponsored sessions at the Southern Economic Associations OPIM: The Wharton School Hamilton College University of Pennsylvania Clinton, NY 13323 meetings. In the January 2006 ASSA meetings in Boston, CSWEP sponsored Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 (315) 859-4419 three sessions on gender-related issues and three on industrial organization. A se- (215) 898-3025 [email protected] lection of papers from these sessions will be published this May in the American FAX (215) 898-3664 Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. In addition, CSWEP organized a [email protected] Nancy Rose Massachusetts Institute of seventh panel discussion, presided over by board member Daniel Hamermesh Donna Ginther Technology entitled, “Jump Starting Your Career”. We had a thoughtful discussion at our Department of Economics Department of Economics CSWEP Business meeting including Francine Blau’s presentation of the most re- University of Kansas MIT Room E52-371B Summerfi eld Hall Cambridge MA 02139 cent survey of women in economics departments (see her article in this issue). At Lawrence, KS 66045-7585 (617) 253-8956 the meeting and reception we also celebrated the career and contributions to the [email protected] FAX (617) 253-1330 advancement of women by Claudia Goldin, this year’s recipient of the Carolyn [email protected] Shaw Bell award. After the meetings we held the second national CeMent men- Gail Hoyt University of Kentucky Richard Startz toring workshop for female junior faculty in economics. We had 37 participants 335D Gatton Business & Department of Economics and they were enthusiastic in their exit survey about the quality and usefulness Economics Bldg. University of Washington of the panels and overall activities of the workshop. Many thanks to all the men- Lexington, KY 40506-0034 Box 353330 tors and organizers who participated in this workshop. There will be a regional (606) 257-2517 Seattle, WA 98195-3330 FAX (606) 323-1920 [email protected] mentoring workshop held in March at the Midwest Economics Association meet- [email protected] ings in Chicago. We hope to be able to offer additional workshops in the future so check our website www.cswep.org for announcements. Lori Kletzer Please watch for the Call for Papers for the 2008 ASSA Meetings that will Department of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz be held in New Orleans. Information on how to submit an abstract for consid- 204 Social Sciences eration for those meetings will be posted on our website and will also appear 1156 High Street in the Journal of Economic Perspectives this summer. We will sponsor gender Santa Cruz, CA 95064 related sessions and sessions on topics related to development. We especially (831) 459-3596 [email protected] encourage submissions by more junior women economists. The regional AEA meetings are a great opportunity to present your re- search and network with other economists. CSWEP sponsors sessions and a What is CSWEP? reception at these meetings. The Eastern meetings are scheduled for February, CSWEP (the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics the Midwest meetings are scheduled for March, the West in late June, and the Profession) is a standing committee of the AEA (American Economics South in November. Please contact your regional representative if you wish to Association). It was founded in 1971 to monitor the position of women participate in any of these activities. in the economics profession and to undertake activities to improve that position. Our thrice yearly newsletters are one of those activities. See our Finally, we encourage you to offer your assistance to Board members. website at www.cswep.org for more information on what we are doing. CSWEP activities include reviewing papers for sessions at both the regional and national meetings, contributing to the newsletter, working on projects to CSWEP NEWSLETTER STAFF evaluate the state of women in the economics profession, and obtaining data on Lisa Lynch, Editor Ann Owen, Co-editor the presence of women in academia, government and business. If you would Anne Hurst, Assistant Editor like to participate in any of these activities please don’t hesitate to get in touch Karine Moe, Oversight Editor with me at [email protected] or contact your regional representative.
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