50 Years of Breakthroughs and Barriers

Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership

Francine D. Blau & Lisa M. Lynch

This NBER paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. It charts the progress of women in higher education at the college level and beyond and then goes on to examine women’s representation at the upper levels of academia, government, law, medicine, and management.

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