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Bridging barriers: how COVID-19 changed racial diversity in economics seminars

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  • Biermann, Marcus

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In this paper, new facts are documented on the racial distribution of seminar speakers in economics. From a sample of 270 institutions, I determined that before the COVID-19 pandemic, 82.5% of seminars were given by White speakers, 13.9% of seminars were given by Asian speakers, and 3.6% by speakers with a Hispanic-Latino or Black background. The racial distribution of speakers did not change globally. However, the share of speakers from underrepresented minorities in the United States almost doubled with the introduction of virtual seminars during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Biermann, Marcus, 2025. "Bridging barriers: how COVID-19 changed racial diversity in economics seminars," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128118, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:128118
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    COVID-19; economics seminars; racial inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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