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Womenomics

Issue 71 - January 2017

In this issue...

Why the smart money is on women to keep the economy growing – Fiona Tatton, Womanthology Editor

Banking on gender balance: Why diversity in economics equals better decision making – Dr. Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic) at the Reserve Bank of Australia

Realising untapped potential of female STEM innovators to power economic growth and why it’s a good thing that “diversity creates dissent” – Tera Allas, Governing Board Member, Innovate UK

How is India using IT to empower its female tech workforce and can the UK learn to do the same? – Parvati Raghuram, Professor of Geography and Migration at the Open University

Why it makes economic sense to drive diversity in the automotive sector by attracting and retaining the brightest female talent – Lynne McBurney, Arnold Clark Group HR Manager

Becoming an economist to help societies manage scarcity and to champion social mobility – Professor Anna Vignoles, Economist in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge

Why job-sharing is a two brainer: Two sets of accumulated experience, and the more productive halves of two people’s weeks for the price of one – Mary Starks, Director of Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority

Women in economics are in short supply so we need to demand a change of culture – Dr. Paola Subacchi, Director of the International Economics Department at Chatham House

Leaving the City in order to share my love of economics with the next generation of female talent – Alison Matthews, City Economist turned teacher

Diversity of thought in economics: Why there’s never been a better time for women to contribute their ideas – Yael Selfin, KPMG’s Head of Macroeconomics in the UK