Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to economic prosperity.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sarah Kaplan and GATE post doc Rachael Goodman write about how the mantra of meritocracy is being exported around the world. (Part 2 of a 5-part series with SSIR.)
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sarah Kaplan and GATE post doc Rachael Goodman write about improving the effectiveness of women's empowerment programs by involving men. (Part 1 of a 5-part series with SSIR.)
Conversation with Mary Eberts, co-founder of LEAF (Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund) on the social and economic costs of gender-based violence and what can be done about it.
As part of our Rotman Short Talks series, hear from Professor Stéphane Côté about how social class affects our behaviour., especially how increasing inequality can be self-reinforcing.
This research roundtable explored how thinking about the gendered impacts of budgets can increase economic prosperity.
On International Day of the Girl, Sarah Kaplan and Rachael Goodman argue for The Mark News that, though girls may be encouraged to get educated, family responsibilities and cultural expectations can hold them back from the working world. Also in Japan Times, Peruvian Times, Cyprus Mail
Prof. Laura Doering is interviewed about bias in economic development, including microfinance in strategy + business
Is the invisible hand fair to all? On International Women's Day, Sarah Kaplan spoke with Steve Paikin on TVO's The Agenda about how gender affects economic outcomes.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
“We have a long, long history of women being excluded in certain ways from the economy,” said Sarah Kaplan in the Toronto Star.
