We talk to Shelly Lundberg, the Leonard Broom Professor of Demography and Associate

Director of the Broom Center for Demography at the University of California, Santa

Barbara, about the long-embedded gender gaps in many professional fields, including

her own—economics. She guides us through the role that anti-discrimination

legislation has played in correcting these disparities, and addresses the

flawed ways that economists have traditionally taught and measured them. Our

Inequality in Perspective segment considers the challenges faced by Marthe

Gautier, the female French scientist believed to be the first person to discover

an extra chromosome in those with Down’s Syndrome, in having her contribution

to research duly recognized.

The Broom Center for Demography: https://broomcenter.ucsb.edu/

“After More than 50 Years, a Dispute Over Down Syndrome

Discovery” (Science): https://www.science.org/content/article/after-more-50-years-dispute-over-down-syndrome-discovery

“Down Syndrome Discover Dispute Resurfaces in France” (Nature): https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14690