Gender and Racial Diversity of Federal Government Economists, United States, 2020 (ICPSR 38356)
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Brookings Institution. Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38356.v1
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This study considers the diversity of the more than 2,200 Ph.D. economists employed by the federal government, including the Federal Reserve System, the executive branch, and the research arms of Congress. The data contain information about number of female and minority economists employed by the federal government.
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The purpose of this study was to collect demographic data on Ph.D. economists employed by the federal government in order to draw conclusions on the diversity of that cohort.
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The researchers asked each agency that employs more than a few economists to supply their own data or to confirm data the researchers collected from the Office of Personnel Management's FedScope database.
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Ph.D. economists employed by the federal government
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