The Reasons for CSWEP
回顾了CSWEP(经济学专业女性地位委员会)的起源与作用,说明其通过增加女性经济学家供给、展示边际变革的力量来应对经济学领域的性别不平等,对当前推动渐进式改革有借鉴意义。
Both overt and covert instances of less than equal treatment for women and men were taken for granted until the so-called 'women's movement' of the l960s, of which CSWEP was a part. 'Economics is a man's field' summarizes the environment in the profession; this and other circumstances have been quickly forgotten. Focusing on ways to increase the supply of women in the profession, CSWEP created a roster of existing well-qualified economists and enabled their work to show up on programs and in journals. CSWEP economists demonstrated the power of changes at the margin; the experience could be useful today to replace the disputatious terms of quota or reverse discrimination. It should also stimulate further small changes that could yield much greater returns.