When it comes to addressing race and gender differences in economics, there is a need to include socio-economic diversity as well. Economics is the least diverse academic discipline in the US, with only 14 percent of U.S. born economics PhD graduates in the last decade being first generation college graduates, compared to 26% across all PhD fields in the U.S. White and Asian men are overrepresented, but first- generation graduates from these groups areunderrepresented. Increasing awareness of economics in pre-college education, making Economics 101 more accessible and issues-oriented, and using better, more inclusive language are some of the solutions recommended by the author.
The field of economics has a race and gender problem with many senior figures advocating for change Economics has a diversity problem that has been overlooked. Economics is the least diverse of all academic disciplines in the U.S.
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