This winter season, as you snuggle under a cozy blanket and reflect on the past year, consider reading some of this year’s most important new research on diversity and discrimination. We’ve put together a list of papers from 2017 that demonstrate the state of diversity in economics and reflect the challenges of eliminating gender and racial disparities in the workforce. For each paper we’ve included a brief summary. We recommend reading with hot chocolate in hand and an eye towards how to implement more inclusive, equitable systems in our own daily lives. Happy 2018! The Persistent Effect of Temporary Affirmative Action Conrad Miller American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017
The unintended consequences of "ban the box": Statistical discrimination and employment outcomes when criminal histories are hidden Jennifer L. Doleac and Benjamin Hansen Working Paper, 2017
Publishing while female: Are women held to higher standards? Evidence from peer review Erin Hengel Working Paper, 2017
Gender Representation in Economics Across Topics and Time: Evidence from the NBER Summer Institute Anusha Chari and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham Working Paper, 2017
More Reading! (i.e. some papers you may have seen already but should check out if you haven't):
Author: Emily Eisner
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