Gender Economics and the Meaning of Discrimination
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 112,
May 2022
(pp. 588-91)
Abstract
Advances in economics hold much promise for an improved understanding of complex issues concerning gender and gender inequalities. A more realistic economics of choice based on behavioral economics, evidence of social influences on economic outcomes, and a recognition of the role of cultural persistence in patterns of behavior have blurred our traditional separation of preferences and constraints. However, in the analysis of gender gaps, we have continued to focus on the discrimination versus preferences dichotomy that this work has rendered both conceptually and empirically irrelevant. As the domain of economics continues to broaden, our approach to discrimination needs to change.Citation
Lundberg, Shelly. 2022. "Gender Economics and the Meaning of Discrimination." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 588-91. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221086Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- A11 Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists
- B54 Feminist Economics
- D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification