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Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem
Abstract The economics profession includes disproportionately few women and members of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups, relative both to the overall population and to other academic disciplines. This underrepresentation within the field of economics is present at the undergraduate level, continues into the ranks of the academy, and is barely improving over time.
How You Can Work to Increase the Presence and Improve the Experience of Black, Latinx, and Native American People in the Economics Profession
Abstract Recently in economics there has been discussion of how to increase diversity in the profession and how to improve the work life of diverse peoples. We conducted surveys and interviews with Black, Latinx and Native American people. These groups have long been underrepresented in the economics profession.
The gender and racial diversity of the federal government’s economists
Twitter Join the conversation on Twitter using #EconDiversity The lack of diversity in the field of economics – in addition to the lack of progress relative to other STEM fields – is drawing increasing attention in the profession, but nearly all the focus has been on economists at academic institutions, and little attention has been devoted to the diversity of the economists employed by the federal government, including the Federal Reserve System.
Measuring College Learning in Economics
Allgood, Sam, William Bosshardt, Wilbert van der Klaauw, and Michael Watts. 2011. “Economics Coursework and Long-Term Behavior and Experiences of College Graduates in Labor Markets and Personal Finance.” Economic Inquiry 49, no. 3: 771–794. Allgood, Sam, John J. Siegfried, and William B. Walstad. 2015. “Research on Teaching Economics to Undergraduates.” Journal of Economic Literature 53, no. 2: 285–325. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2011.
Zinc sparks induce physiochemical changes in the egg zona pellucida that prevent polyspermy
During fertilization or chemically-induced egg activation, the mouse egg releases billions of zinc atoms in brief bursts known as ‘zinc sparks.’ The zona pellucida (ZP), a glycoprotein matrix surrounding the egg, is the first structure zinc ions encounter as they diffuse away from the plasma membrane. Following fertilization, the ZP undergoes changes described as ‘hardening’, which prevent multiple sperm from fertilizing the egg and thereby establish a block to polyspermy.
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