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  2. Women in economics - Wikipedia

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    Nationwide there are about three males for every female student majoring in economics, and this ratio has not changed for more than 20 years. [11] Women earn the majority of undergraduate degrees across all subjects in the United States, but in 2016 only 35% of economic majors were women. This is the same percentage as the early 1980s. [12]

  3. Female economic activity - Wikipedia

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    In general female economic activity is lowest in the Middle East and South Asia and highest in developed nations and sub-Saharan Africa. Even though, in Middle East and North Africa women at the age of 30 have more access to health and educational providers than their mothers, they still play a minor role in public, economic and political ...

  4. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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    International United Nations data suggests that women who work because of economic necessity have higher fertility than those who work because they want to do so. [91] The impact of women's employment is more negatively associated with the birth of a second child, as opposed to the first. [92]

  5. Women in These 10 Industries Have Been Impacted Most by ... - AOL

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    The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the workforce in many ways, especially for women. While women have made great strides in closing the gender pay gap over the last several decades, the pandemic ...

  6. Socioeconomic impact of female education - Wikipedia

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    Women's education is one of the major explanatory variables behind the rates of social and economic development, [1] and has been shown to have a positive correlation with both. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to notable economist Lawrence Summers , "investment in the education of girls may well be the highest-return investment available in the ...

  7. Feminist economics - Wikipedia

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    Women are irrational, unfit economic agents, and cannot be trusted to make the right economic decisions. Feminist economists also examine early economic thinkers' interaction or lack of interaction with gender and women's issues, showing examples of women's historical engagement with economic thought.

  8. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Women's empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics. Economic empowerment allows women to control and benefit from resources, assets, and income. It also aids in the ability to manage risks and improve women's well-being. [4]

  9. Women in development - Wikipedia

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    In the preface to her book, Boserup wrote that "in the vast and ever-growing literature on economic development, reflections on the particular problems of women are few and far between". [5] She showed that women often did more than half the agricultural work, in one case as much as 80%, and that they also played an important role in trade.