🎤 Women presenting economics research are interrupted more than men in seminars, job talks, and conferences.

📊 This difference persists even after considering presenter, paper, and audience factors. Negative or mid-sentence interruptions are higher for women.

👩‍🏫 Female audience members show more engagement with female presenters, suggesting a potential role model effect.

#Economics #GenderEquality #Research

💄 Cosmetics Spending Linked to Father's Role & Economic Gaps
New research published in Evolution and Human Behavior suggests a country's cosmetics industry size is tied to how much fathers are involved in childcare and the level of economic inequality. When men are active parents or the wealth gap is wide, women may enhance their appearance to compete for partners.

💰 Revised Sexual Selection Theory Explains Female Ornamentation
A study by Jun-Hong Kim of Pohang University of Science and Technology tested a revised sexual selection theory. This theory posits that when men contribute significantly to child-rearing, they become valuable resources, leading women to invest more in their appearance to attract these "high-investment males."

📈 Cross-Cultural Data Reveals Key Drivers
Kim analyzed data from up to 55 countries. Increased paternal investment (measured by fathers' share of unpaid domestic and childcare hours) correlated with higher per capita cosmetics spending. For every hour increase in relative paternal investment, spending rose by approximately $2.17.

📊 Economic Inequality Also Fuels Beauty Market
High income inequality and low social mobility scores were also strong predictors of larger cosmetics industries. This indicates that in stratified societies, women may use appearance to secure partners offering financial stability.

#SexualSelection #Economics #HumanBehavior

📈 The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis exchange rate shocks led to a six-fold increase in migrant income over time in Philippine provinces, boosting domestic income and education.

💰 Interestingly, 74.9% of these long-run income gains came from domestic income growth, not directly from migrant income.

📚 Educational investments accounted for 19.7% of the long-run income gains, indicating international migration fosters broader economic development in origin communities.

#Economics #Migration #Development

* 🇩🇪 A study published in 2026 in the Journal of Public Economics investigates the varied impacts of Germany's minimum wage on working hours and "minijobs" (low-paying part-time jobs).

* 📊 The research focuses on the "heterogeneous effects," meaning the minimum wage doesn't affect everyone or every job type in the same way.

* 📄 The DOI for this research is 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105540, and it was cited by Kharazi, Lu, and Mustafa in a 2026 paper on Pakistan's labor market.

#MinimumWage #Economics #LaborMarket

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💰 White Americans who perceive political decline are more likely to oppose wealth redistribution programs, but ONLY when this decline is framed in comparison to racial minorities, according to a study published in Research and Politics.

📊 A survey experiment conducted in late 2019 with 727 white respondents found that simply feeling that white Americans are losing in politics had no significant impact on economic policy views.

💡 However, when participants were prompted to compare white Americans' political standing to that of racial minorities, those who felt their group was losing showed decreased support for both general economic redistribution and programs aimed at reducing racial inequality.

#Politics #Economics #Research

🌍 Research reveals deep-rooted cultural beliefs about hierarchy and gender roles can prevent highly educated women from fully participating in the workforce. In societies favoring strict social hierarchies, advanced education doesn't necessarily close the economic gender gap.

💼 A UN report found 90% of people globally hold biases against women, contributing to a persistent gender inequality issue. Globally, women earn less than men, with U.S. women earning about 84 cents for every dollar earned by men, even with a bachelor's degree.

📊 A study by Muge Yayla and A. Melih Kullu examined 144 countries, finding that high "power distance" (acceptance of unequal power distribution) significantly lowers women's economic participation. For every 60-point increase in power distance score, women's participation drops by an estimated 8.5%.

📈 In societies with low "masculinity" (valuing cooperation and social equality), cultural norms like power distance and education level had no significant impact on women's economic participation. These societies often prioritize social welfare and gender equality policies.

#GenderEquality #Workplace #Economics

🎓 Unions in Canadian universities have compressed the wage distribution for faculty.

💰 Wages at the bottom of the salary scale rose by approximately 10 percent, while those at the top remained unchanged.

⚖️ This wage compression appears to be driven by the implementation of contractual salary minimums.

📈 The study found little impact on overall faculty employment, with increased wage costs potentially offset by higher student enrollment.

#HigherEducation #Unions #Economics

🚨 A study published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (197-234) found that granting collective bargaining rights to police unions significantly increased civilian deaths by law enforcement.

⚖️ The research, covering 1959-1988, indicates these rights explain 14% of non-White civilian deaths by legal intervention during that period.

🛡️ The study also noted limited effects of these bargaining rights on officer safety.

#Policing #Economics #CivilRights

🌍 The income gap between the global North and South has widened dramatically, increasing by 170-270% since 1960, according to a new ICTA-UAB study published in New Political Economy.

📉 The study debunks the "Great Convergence" narrative, finding that the core economies have captured 4-10 times more income growth than the periphery since 1960, with minimal relative convergence, except for China.

📈 Outside of China, the relative economic position of the periphery has actually deteriorated, and the share of the world population living in the periphery has increased from 80% in 1960 to 86% in 2023.

📉 The neoliberal era of the 1980s and 1990s intensified inequality, with severe and prolonged economic contractions in regions like Latin America, the Middle East & North Africa, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

#GlobalInequality #Development #Economics

🏈 A study in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics found that "amateurism" in U.S. college sports generates significant economic "rents" (profits) mainly from men's football and basketball.

💰 These rents are shared, influencing spending on women's sports, other men's sports, facilities, and coaches' salaries.

🧑🏾‍🎓 Player-level data suggests this rent-sharing disproportionately benefits white students from wealthier backgrounds, while shifting resources away from Black students and those from poorer neighborhoods.

#CollegeSports #Economics #NCAA