Gender and European Economic Policy: A Survey of the Views of European Economists on Contemporary Economic Policy

May, Ann Mari; McGarvey, Mary G.; Kučera, David

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“…The field work was carried out between November 2015 to January 2016 and the overall response rate was 24 percent (which is comparable to similar expert surveys (Ricketts and Shoesmith , May et al . ). The survey contained a substantial number of questions shedding light on the norms, values, the importance of assumptions, and attitudes of economists on economics as a science as well as their opinions on the positive and normative economic statements.…”

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“…This is in line with findings displayed in Table where female economists are not firm admirers of market‐based societies and it also confirms the findings of May et al . () for European economists where “the average female economist is less likely to prefer market solutions over government intervention.” (p. 178)…”

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Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics

Dalen¹

2019

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Summary What role do personal values play in the practice of economists? By means of a survey among economists working inside and outside academia in the Netherlands, we present novel insights on their personal values, how these differ from the average citizen, and how values impact their economic views and their methodological choices. Three overarching values summarize the value structure of economists: achievement, serving the public interest, and conformity to rules. Subsequent tests are performed to see whether these values affect (1) their opinion on economic propositions and (2) their attitudes towards methodological principles in economics. For the majority of economic propositions, personal values matter. Especially the value of serving the public interest has a strong effect on their economic view. Furthermore, it seems that economists who value achievement are the ones who are more likely to embrace mainstream methodological principles: thinking predominantly in terms of efficiency, rationality, and competition, believing that economic knowledge is objective and transparently produced and in agreement with Milton Friedman's view on positive economics. Female economists are at some notable points less convinced of market solutions and have more trust in the government in serving the public interest.

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Section: Do Values Affect the Scientific Practice Of Economists?mentioning

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Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics

Dalen¹

2019

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“…As such, when other characteristics such as race and class or educational background are so widely shared amongst the group, other biases are also possible. This is especially notable given recent work that has shown a marked difference in the outlook of male and female economists (May, McGarvey and Kucera 2018). This is not to say that one outlook is inherently more correct, but rather to point to the clear connection between gender diversity and diversity in economic debates, and so to the connection between homogeneity of decision makers and homogeneity of viewpoints.…”

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Expertise in European Economic Governance: A Feminist Analysis

O’Dwyer¹

2019

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Recent years have seen a distinctive transformation in EU economic governance, including the introduction of a regime of oversight and recommendation as well as the establishment of new policymaking, oversight and expert institutions at both the European and member state levels. These changes raise questions about legal and political accountability, and about the current state of integration. Debates over the political nature of contemporary economic governance have, thus far, ignored the role that the politics of gender may be playing in constructing and legitimising this regime. While much research has documented the gendered impacts of this regime, there remains a gap in the literature concerning how gender influences the regime itself. This article addresses this gap by exploring two ways in which gender politics have shaped and legitimised the new regime. First, it explores the gendered nature of economic expertise within EU economic governance. Secondly, it explores the framing of the economic crisis, and show how the narratives of the crisis helped to create this gendered regime. The article explores the gendered nature of the process of seeking legitimacy in economic policy, and so the analysis helps to deepen the understanding of the politics behind economic policy more broadly.

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“…Our laboratory study complements existing literature that uses observational data to study the role of incentives (eg., Lazear ); on gender differences in leadership outcomes (eg., Atkinson, Baird and Frye () for mutual fund managers; Adams and Ferreira () for board members; Cardoso and Winter‐Ebmer () for employers; Ferreira and Gyourko () for U.S. mayors; and Dezsö and Ross (), Flabbi et al (), and Gagliarducci and Paserman () for firm executives); and on different attitudes of men and women toward leadership styles (Eagly, van Engen, and Johannesen‐Schmidt ) and economic policy (May, McGarvey, and Kucera ). The advantage of an experimental setting is that we can avoid the confounding factors that inevitably result from endogenous selection into managerial roles.…”

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Why Female Decision‐Makers Shy away from Promoting Competition

Shurchkov¹,

Geen²

2019

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Summary Incentivizing subordinates is a crucial task of anyone in a decision‐making role. However, little is known about the mechanisms behind selection of different types of incentives. Our laboratory experiment characterizes the ways in which male and female decision‐makers assign incentives, and how these choices are perceived by those affected by them. We find that women are significantly less likely to select “competitive” incentives based on comparative performance of workers, particularly in the treatment where their workers can observe their gender. The results are not due to priming but are rather consistent with the explanation that women conform to gender stereotypes in anticipation of subsequent evaluation by workers. Indeed, female decision‐makers are significantly underrated relative to comparable males, even after controlling for incentive choice and an extensive set of individual characteristics. The gender difference in competency ratings can be attributed to male workers rating female decision‐makers disproportionately lower relative to their male counterparts. The gender gap in ratings appears to arise because of gender per se and not due to a differential impact of incentives on decision‐makers' gender.

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Gender and European Economic Policy: A Survey of the Views of European Economists on Contemporary Economic Policy

Cited by 46 publications

References 10 publications

Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics

Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics

Expertise in European Economic Governance: A Feminist Analysis

Why Female Decision‐Makers Shy away from Promoting Competition

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