GoKawiilNature analysis finds persistent gender gap among Nobel economics laureates
A Nature report examines the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and finds that women remain starkly underrepresented among winners since the prize's inception in 1969. Only a small handful of women have received the award, a pattern the analysis says is more pronounced than in other Nobel categories.
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The disparity could reflect broader structural barriers facing women in academic economics, including hiring, publishing and citation gaps that researchers have documented for years. Nature's framing suggests the prize's selection process may be reinforcing rather than correcting these inequities, though it does not claim the Nobel committee intends to exclude women.
- Women remain a small minority of Nobel economics laureates since 1969
- The gap appears wider than in other Nobel prize categories
- The pattern raises questions about structural barriers for women in academic economics
Source: nature.com — Angelini, 2026-10-27
Published there as: “The Nobel prize in economic science has a serious gender problem”
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