We document the representation of female economists on the conference programs at the NBER Summer Institute from 2001 … macroeconomics, and 25.9 percent of authors in microeconomics. We examine three channels potentially affecting female representation …

analysis methods, to measure the representation of skin color, race, gender, and age in award-winning children's books widely …Books shape how children learn about society and norms, in part through representation of different characters. We … of, and demand for, books with different levels of representation to better understand the economic behavior that may …

of these data with three applications: the descriptive representation of women and race/ethnic groups among candidates … subnational politics and remove a significant barrier to the study of representation and elections in local governments …

. The accounts differed in three characteristics: gender (male or female), race (Black or White), and university affiliation …

a proxy of individuals' subjective well-being. We then investigate the existence of a gender gap in green preferences …

Electoral rules determine how voters' preferences are aggregated and translated into political representation, and …