This paper presents on three new styled facts: first, schools of public affairs hire many economists; second, those … economists are disproportionately female; and third, salaries in schools of public affairs are, on average, lower than salaries … in mainline departments of economics. We seek to understand the linkage, if any, among these facts. We assembled a unique …

academic Economists in the UK. Characteristics associated with individual productivity and workplace features are found to be …