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CSWEP: Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics ProfessionCSWEP is a subcommittee of the American Economics Association charged with addressing the status of women in the economics profession. It publishes a three-times-a-year newsletter, organizes sessions at the annual meetings of the AEA and the regional economics associations, runs mentoring workshops, and publishes an annual report on the status of women in the economics profession. The Spring 2010 Newsletter is here, with a theme of Boundary Conditions!
CSWEP Sponsored Sessions at the 2011 ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting Brag Box
CSWEP is present at the annual meetings of the AEA and the regional economics associations. Its associates arrange sessions for these meetings and work to ensure that women economists are adequately represented on the program. The Committee also hosts social events at these meetings where women economists can meet and exchange information. CSWEP represents women's points of view in the committee work of the American Economic Association, monitors the progress of women within the profession, and makes an annual report to the AEA on the status of women in economics. Any suggestions or comments can be e-mailed to: cswep@usm.maine.edu This page lasted updated 6/10/10 9:33 AM | ||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations to Esther Duflo, who has been named as this year's winner of the American Economic Association's John Bates Clark medal. The prize citation highlights Esther's work in development economics. It notes in particular her creative analysis of a range of questions, including education policy, infrastructure development, and electoral reform, using both evidence from randomized field experiments and data from non-experimental settings. Esther is a faculty member at MIT, one of the directors of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, and a Research Associate in the NBER Aging, Children's, and Education Programs. She joined the NBER as a Faculty Research Fellow in 1999. This is another indication that the CSWEP Elaine Bennet award is a predictor of Clark winners, as both female winners of the Clark Medal previously won the Elaine Bennett Research Prize. (Susan Athey won both as well.) As Barbara Fraumeni quipped for Amy Finkelstein, "Next a Nobel prize!" as the Clark medal predicts the Nobel Prize.