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Paul Samuelson, gender bias and discrimination

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Paul Samuelson’s widely quoted deprecatory remarks about female economists are discussed in the context of his having been one of the earliest economists to emphasize the problem of gender and racial discrimination in his textbook. Reference is made both to his published analyses of discrimination, in his textbook and elsewhere, and to archival materials on his interactions with female economists, including testimonials he wrote on their behalf. His attitudes appear paradoxical in that he emphasized the problem of discrimination and was very supportive of women but this did not lead him to challenge some of the attitudes he held about women in general.

Source: European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2019.1632366

Authors: Roger E. Backhouse, Béatrice Cherrier

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Théorie Économique, Modélisation et Applications, University of Birmingham, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2953901415

FWCI: 3.058

Cites: 30

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10