Is There a Leaky Pipeline in the Recruitment of Women in Economics?

There are more women who begin phd. Studi as 50 50, roughly men and women. But then the higher you get in the academic hierarchy, the less women you have. Women often don't have access to the same kind of networks that give you access to the top journals or conferences. And there's a cultural problem. Economics has very specific culture,. In our field, it's very much about the top five international journals and thet maybe the top field journals. If you don't into these, your career will suffer.