Tackling sexual harassment could bring sizeable economic dividends
New research puts a price tag on unpunished predation—and offers clues on how to deter abuse
Five years after the MeToo movement gripped the world, the problem of sexual harassment continues to dog the economics profession. Fresh allegations of misconduct at universities in America and Europe are causing a torrent of older cases to emerge. Rooting out harassment in academia is particularly hard because career progression depends on the goodwill of not just senior colleagues but also peers at far-flung institutions, who often partner with juniors to conduct research and who review papers vying to get published in prestigious journals.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “The cost of impunity”
Finance & economics December 10th 2022
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