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Informationen zum Autor Corinne Low is an Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the economics of gender and discrimination and has been published in top journals such as the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Journal of Political Economy. She was named one of Poets and Quants 40 MBA Professors under 40 in 2024. Her first book, Femonomics ( Having It All in the US) , is forthcoming with Hodder & Stoughton in September 2025. Corinne and her work have also been featured by major popular media outlets, including Forbes, Vanity Fair, The LA Times, and NPR. Corinne is the co-creator of the Incentivized Resume Rating method for measuring hiring discrimination, and regularly speaks to and works with firms looking to improve their hiring and retention practices. She has spoken to and advised firms like Google, IFM Investors, Uber, Activision Blizzard, and Amazon Web Services, in addition to teaching in Wharton's Executive Education programs. She has given talks to top academic institutions like Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Oxford, as well as to organizations like the New York Federal Reserve, Brookings and the US Department of Labor. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, her B.S. in Economics and Public Policy from Duke University, and formerly worked for McKinsey & Company. Outside of work, she is the co-founder and volunteer executive director for Open Hearts Initiative, a New York City-based non-profit that aims to combat the homelessness crisis through pro-housing neighborhood organizing. She lives in West Philadelphia, USA. Klappentext As an economist, a lot of our decisions can be boiled down to a simple question: Am I getting a good deal? Professor Corinne Low introduces us to a radical new framework: treating women as economic agents who can maximise their personal 'profit' in the same way that a business makes money.Low's groundbreaking research interrogates the economics of women's lives, showing how our most significant decisions are shaped by overlooked internal and external factors. She shines new light on the unique complexity women face when deciding what type of career to pursue, when or whether to get married and/or have children, or even where they should live. In Femonomics, Low examines the hidden economic trade-offs and trade-ups women face and the ways they can enjoy a better deal at work, in life, and at home. She applies economic principles like personal utility function (how we individually maximize profit and joy) and constrained optimization (making the best choice within external limits) to address uniquely female concerns (like the cost of a biological clock). She answers the questions she receives every day from students, colleagues, and journalists behind the scenes, including: - What kind of career gives me the life I want? - How should I pick a partner? - What kind of parent do I want to be? - When should I consider freezing my eggs? - What is the most important thing to fight for in my divorce? Femonomics helps us all to make better choices and squeeze more out of life. This is the empowering economic textbook for life as a woman....
