The status of women in economics in the US has come increasingly under the spotlight. We exploit high quality … administrative data to paint the first comprehensive picture of the status of women in UK academic economics departments in research …-intensive universities. Our evidence indicates that, as in the US, women in economics are under-represented and are paid less than men. The …

This paper examines the impact of the Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (SWAN) Charter on the wages and … practice towards the representation and career progression of women in Science, Technology, Engineer, Mathematics, and Medicine …