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The findings have important implications for the emerging field of experimental economics, which examines why there is an under-representation of women in the City.
Single-sex schools are more likely to produce high-flying career girls 2012
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Yet the existing under-representation of women in boardrooms across Europe indicates that businesses are failing to identify and promote qualified women.
Europe May Impose Quotas For Women Oxford Analytica 2010
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It would also partially redress the structural under-representation of all urban core areas in the United States congress.
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My sense is that the reasons for female under-representation in finance are quite innocent.
Industry journalist: 'The bond market is like my baby' | Joris Luyendijk 2011
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Lady Goudie, the Labour peer who has written an article for the Parliamentary Gazette on the under-representation of women in politics, said blaming a glass ceiling was a negative and disempowering concept for women considering applying for top jobs.
More than 5,400 women 'missing' from 26,000 top posts in Britain, report finds 2011
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Focus, MY: “the structural under-representation of all urban core areas in the United States congress …” is not because DC is not a state.
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Lieutenant Governor Newsom and his wife, actress and documentary filmmaker, Jennifer Siebel Newsom check out her brilliant documentary about women's under-representation in positions of power and the limited and often disparaging portrayal of women in the media expressed in this campaign their frustration and concern about the lack of women working on his campaigns.
Yashar Ali: Why Don't We Have More Women in Public Office? Look at Who's Running the Campaigns Yashar Ali 2011
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[CG] I think actively promoting women in science is very important because the data has certainly shown that there has been an under-representation and I think that the things that contribute to that are very many social ... subtle, social kinds of things.
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But she insisted the "most important" reason for the under-representation of poorer students at leading universities was that they were failing to achieve the required grades at school.
Universities raising fees must double spending on widening access 2011
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Miss Representation explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and the limited, often disparaging, portrayal of women in the media.
A Change of Heart: The Real Housewives Can Do Real Damage 2011
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