A recent list of the [25 most influential economists](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21637412-economists-academic-rankings-and-media-influence-vary-wildly-shifting-clout) includes not one woman. Miles Kimball and his anonymous female economist co-author look at why women are at such a disadvantage in the field of economics and how greater gender equality would benefit the field. They say: “Many male economists underestimate the headwinds women face in economics, but they exist at every stage of a woman’s career.”

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