Barbara Bergmann Biography

American feminist economist

Barbara Rose Bergmann (20 July 1927 – 5 April 2015) was a feminist economist. Her work covers many topics from childcare and gender issues to poverty and Social Security. Bergmann was a co-founder and president of the International *ociation for Feminist Economics, a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security, and Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Maryland and American University.

History

Bergmann's parents and grandparents fled anti-Semitism and immigrated to the United States from Europe in 1914. She was born in 1927 to a Romanian-born mother and Polish-born father in the Bronx. Her parents worked instead of finishing school, but they expected Barbara to adhere to the standards and traditions of American life and eventually go to college. At the age of five, she started formulating ideas about feminism, pursuing equality for men and women, because she wanted to be an independent person when she grew up, and that required money and equality. During the Great Depression, Bergmann developed a strong belief that the government should provide resources and help to individuals who faced uncontrollable cir*stances or did not have the resources and knowledge to provide for themselves.

Bergmann received a scholarship to Cornell University and majored in mathematics. While in college pursuing her love for “creating models of simple processes that might or might not resemble what goes on in the actual economy,” she discovered Gunnar Myrdal’s book An American Dilemma that told of the racial inequality in the South. Myrdal's book ignited an interest in race discrimination that eventually developed into a concern for sex discrimination and followed Bergmann throughout her career.

After Bergmann graduated with a B.A. in 1948, the recession, discrimination against Jews, and workplace sex segregation made it difficult to find a job that was interesting. Bergmann took a job with the federal government in the New York Office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics where she fielded public inquiries; she was head of the inquiries unit after a year. A firsthand experience with the discrimination of a black employee at the Bureau of Labor Statistics illuminated how real and pervasive race discrimination was at the time. Harvey Purdy was the only black employee at the New York office and, when Barbara managed to get him promoted, he was demoted shortly after and the job was given to someone else.

Bergmann received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1959 and developed an interest in computer simulated economics, realizing that economics should be based more on observation and field research than solely theorizing. Research and experience has led Barbara Bergmann to develop theories and ideas about government policy, the implementation of observation into economics, and racial and gender equality.

Organizational involvement

During the Kennedy administration Barbara Bergmann was a senior staff member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors and she was a Senior Economic Adviser with the Agency for International Development. She also served as an advisor to the Congressional Budget Office and the Bureau of the Census.

In 1965 she joined the University of Maryland, teaching there until 1988. From 1988 until 1997 she taught economics at American University.

Bergmann was also involved in numerous national and international organizations that promote advancement and equality. She served as chair of the American Economic *ociation Committee on the Status of Women in Economic Professions, and president of the Eastern Economic *ociation, the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, the American *ociation of University Professors (1990-1992), and the International *ociation for Feminist Economics (1999-2000).

Awards

Barbara Bergmann received the 2004 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award for increasing the status of women in economics and creating an understanding of how women can advance in the academic field.

Ideas

Bergmann has made two main contributions to economics. First, she has argued that discrimination is a pervasive characteristic of labor markets. Second, she has argued against the traditional economic methodology of drawing conclusions from a set of unrealistic *umptions. She is known for development of the "occupational crowding" hypothesis which holds that employer discrimination leads to the crowding of black men into low-wage occupations and out of high-wage occupations.

Economics

Bergmann argues that “a lot of what is bad does come from capitalism, but that can be corrected by appropriate government regulations, and by the generous government provision of important services and safety nets. But a lot of what is good and indispensable comes from capitalism too”.

Bergmann studied microsimulation at Harvard University with computer generated simulation that provided a model with equations of macrovariables constructed on *ogies of microeconomics. She believes that microsimulation provides “rigor, realism, and an ability to incorporate complexities revealed by more empirical investigations into the workings of business.” In a cl* with Professor Edward Chamberlin at Harvard, Bergmann discovered that economic theory, regardless of its ingenuity or prevalence in the field, can actually produce a different picture of the economy than reality. It was in a market experiment in Chamberlin's cl* that Bergmann started to believe that economic theory needed to be influenced by actual observation of individuals. One of her personal views of economics is “that true anecdotes may well contain more valuable information about the state of things in the world than do economists’ theories, which are by and large nothing but (possibly untrue) stories made up by economists sitting in their offices, with no factual input whatever”.

Bergmann holds that observation and empirical evidence can lead to theories that actually reflect human behavior instead of producing theories on paper that do not always work in reality. She argues that macroeconomics can fix many social problems and economic policy can be used to enhance the lives of individuals, but economists are too persuaded by political affiliation to work toward a common goal.

Gender equality

Barbara Bergmann notes that equality of the sexes was not present throughout civilization – around there is an economic and social division of labor between men and women historically. Although there has been an influx of women into the labor market and men are performing a larger amount of household labor, there is still an economic division between men and women. Bergmann views the best and most feasible option for equality to be “high commodification” where many of the household tasks and childcare predominantly performed by women are outsourced to organizations and individuals. “High commodification” would include government subsidies for childcare and availability for stipends for married couples and single mothers. Bergmann believes that an increase in commodification alone cannot bring about equality, but there also needs to be “an end to discrimination in employment, highly compe*ive behavior by women, and extra resources from government for families who are raising children.” Bergmann has a p*ion for gender equality and desires to see government provisions for equitable treatment of women in the workforce.

Death

Barbara Bergmann died by suicide at her home in Bethesda, Maryland on 5 April 2015. She was a longtime member of and major donor to Comp*ion & Choices - the nation's oldest and largest end-of-life choice advocacy organization that has secured Medical Aid in Dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults in 11 states to date. She is survived by her son, David Martin Bergmann, and her daughter, Sarah Nellie Bergmann, as well as three grandchildren. Her husband, Fred H. Bergmann, a microbiologist at the National Ins*utes of Health, whom she married in 1965, died in 2011.

The International *ociation for Feminist Economics reported via social media that they were "saddened to learn of the recent death of Barbara Bergmann" and urged people to honor her memory by donating to the Barbara Bergmann Fellowship Fund.

Bibliography

Books

Berman (Bergmann), Barbara R.; Chinitz, Benjamin; Hoover, Edgar M. (1961). Projection of a metropolis: technical supplement to the New York Metropolitan region study. Harvard: Harvard University Press. OCLC:1647143.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Wilson, George W.; Hirsch, Leon V.; Klein, Martin S. (1967). The impact of highway investment on development. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Ins*ution for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration - Superintendent of Do*ents, U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC:237483.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Kaun, David E. (1967). Structural unemployment in the United States. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Ins*ution for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration - Superintendent of Do*ents, U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC:232411.
Bergmann, Barbara R; Eli*on, Gunnar; Orcutt, Guy H (1980). Micro simulation - models, methods, and applications: proceedings of a Symposium on Micro Simulation Methods, in Stockholm, September 19-22, 1977. Stockholm: Industrial Ins*ute for Economic and Social Research Distributor, Almqvist & Wiksell International. ISBN:9789172041141.
Bergmann, Barbara R; Bennett, Robert L (1986). A microsimulated transactions model of the United States economy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN:9780801828782.
Bergmann, Barbara R (1986). The economic emergence of women. New York: Basic Books. ISBN:9780465017973. OCLC:924693274. (new ed: Bergmann, Barbara R (2005). The economic emergence of women (2nd:ed.). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN:9780312232436.)
Bergmann, Barbara R; Folbre, Nancy; Agarwal, Bina; Floro, Maria (1993). Women's work in the world economy. Houndmills, Basingstoke England: Macmillan in *ociation with the International Economic *ociation. ISBN:9780333592946.
Bergmann, Barbara (1996). In defense of affirmative action. New York: HarperCollins Canada / BasicBooks. ISBN:9780465098330.
Bergmann, Barbara R (1996). Saving our children from poverty: what the United States can learn from France. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN:9780871541147.
Bergmann, Barbara R (author); Bush, Jim (illustrator) (2000). Is social security broke?: a cartoon guide to the issues. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN:9780472067435. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
Bergmann, Barbara R; Helburn, Suzanne W (2003). America's child care problem: the way out. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN:9781403962119.

Book chapters

Bergmann, Barbara R. (1985), "The economic case for comparable worth", in Hartmann, Heidi I. (ed.), Comparable worth: new directions for research, Washington, D.C: National Academy Press, ISBN:9780585142845.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (1995), "Occupational segregation, wages and profits when employers discriminate by race or sex", in Humphries, Jane (ed.), Gender and economics, Aldershot, England Brookfield, Vermont: USA Edward Elgar, pp.:309–316, ISBN:9781852788438.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (2006), "A Swedish-style welfare state or basic income: Which should have priority?", in Ackerman, Bruce; Alstott, Anne; Van Parijs, Philippe (eds.), Redesigning distribution: basic income and stakeholder grants as alternative cornerstones for a more egalitarian capitalism, London New York: Verso, ISBN:9781844675173.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (2005), "Gender in public expenditure reviews", in Shah, Anwar (ed.), Public expenditure *ysis, Washington, D.C: World Bank, ISBN:9780821361443.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (2007), "Discrimination through the economist's eye", in Crosby, Faye; Stockdale, Margaret S.; Ropp, S. Ann (eds.), Sex discrimination in the workplace: multidisciplinary perspectives, Malden, M*achusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp.:213–234, ISBN:9781405134507.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (2009), "Long leaves, child well-being, and gender equality", in Gornick, Janet C.; Meyers, Marcia (eds.), Gender equality: transforming family divisions of labor, London New York: Verso, ISBN:9781844673254.

Journal articles

1965 - 1969

Bergmann, Barbara R. (September 1969). "The urban economy and the "urban crisis"". The American Economic Review. 59 (4): 639–645. JSTOR:1813235.

1970 - 1974

Bergmann, Barbara R. (March–April 1971). "The effect on white incomes of discrimination in employment". Journal of Political Economy. 79 (2): 294–313. doi:10.1086/259744. JSTOR:1832111. S2CID:153417625.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Lyle, Jerolyn R. (Autumn 1971). "The occupational standing of negroes by areas and industries". The Journal of Human Resources. 6 (4): 411–433. doi:10.2307/144883. JSTOR:144883.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Krause, William R. (April 1972). "Evaluating and forecasting progress in racial integration of employment". Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 25 (3): 399–409. doi:10.2307/2521322. JSTOR:2521322.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Atkinson, Lloyd C. (Autumn 1972). "The prospect of equality of incomes between white and black families under varying rates of unemployment: a comment". The Journal of Human Resources. 7 (4): 545–547. doi:10.2307/144757. JSTOR:144757.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May–June 1973). "The economics of women's liberation". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 16 (2): 11–17. doi:10.1080/05775132.1974.11469970. JSTOR:40720738.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Weintraub, Andrew (July–August 1973). "Women's lib: Who gets what? ". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 16 (3): 69. JSTOR:40719131.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Adelman, Irma (September 1973). "The 1973 report of the president's Council of Economic Advisers: the economic role of women". The American Economic Review. 63 (4): 509–514. JSTOR:1808844.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (September 1973). "Combining microsimulation and regression: A "prepared" regression of poverty incidence on unemployment and growth". Econometrica. 41 (5): 955–963. doi:10.2307/1913816. JSTOR:1913816.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (April 1974). "Occupational segregation, wages and profits when employers discriminate by race or sex". Eastern Economic Journal. 1 (2): 103–110. JSTOR:40315472.

1975 - 1979

Bergmann, Barbara R. (May 1975). "Combining microsimulation and regression: A reply". Econometrica. 43 (3): 529–530. doi:10.2307/1914284. JSTOR:1914284.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Maxfield, Jr., Myles (October 1975). "How to *yze the fairness of faculty women's salaries on your own campus". AAUP Bulletin. 61 (3): 262–265. doi:10.2307/40224875. JSTOR:40224875.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Bennett, Robert L. (February 1977). "Macroeconomic effects of a Humphrey-Hawkins type program". The American Economic Review. 67 (1): 265–270. JSTOR:1815914.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (March–April 1978). "Economists and the real world". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 21 (1): 9–10. doi:10.1080/05775132.1978.11470389. JSTOR:40720825.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Vickery, Clair; Swartz, Katherine (May 1978). "Unemployment rate targets and anti-inflation policy as more women enter the workforce". The American Economic Review. 68 (2): 90–94. JSTOR:1816668.

1980 - 1984

Bergmann, Barbara R.; Radlinski Devine, Judith; Gordon, Patrice; Reedy, Diane; Sage, Lewis; Wise, Christina (Summer 1980). "The effect of wives' labor force participation on inequality in the distribution of family income". The Journal of Human Resources. 15 (3): 452–455. doi:10.2307/145295. JSTOR:145295.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (April 1981). "Social relations, productivity, and employer discrimination". Monthly Labor Review. 104 (4): 47–49. JSTOR:41841611.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May 1981). "The share of women and men in the economic support of children". Human Rights Quarterly. 3 (2): 103–112. doi:10.2307/761862. JSTOR:761862.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May 1981). "The economic risks of being a housewife". The American Economic Review. 71 (2): 81–86. JSTOR:1815697.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (March–April 1983). "Women's plight: Bad and getting worse". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 26 (1): 22–26. doi:10.1080/05775132.1983.11470823. JSTOR:40720121.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (July–August 1983). ""Comparable Worth" for professors". Academe. 71 (4): 8–10. JSTOR:40249461.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (September–October 1983). "Feminism and economics". Academe. 69 (5): 22–25. doi:10.2307/40249061. JSTOR:40249061.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (July–August 1984). "The growlery: Feminism and economics". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 27 (3): 46–49. doi:10.1080/05775132.1984.11470936. JSTOR:40720250.

1985 - 1989

Bergmann, Barbara R.; Berga, Sarah L.; Sherman, Frederick S. (August 1986). "The economic well-being of women". Science. 233 (4763): 510. doi:10.1126/science.233.4763.510. JSTOR:1697603. PMID:17820456. S2CID:9976007.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Spring 1987). ""Measurement" or finding things out in economics". Journal of Economic Education. 18 (2): 191–201. doi:10.1080/00220485.1987.10845207. JSTOR:1182755.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Spring 1987). "Comment on Higgins's "Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Legal, Social, and Ideological Changes"". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 12 (3): 606–607. doi:10.1086/494355. JSTOR:3174348. S2CID:143902408.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May–June 1987). "Pay equity—surprising answers to hard questions". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 30 (2): 45–51. doi:10.1080/05775132.1987.11471160. JSTOR:40720578.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Autumn 1987). "Women's roles in the economy: Teaching the issues". Journal of Economic Education. 18 (4): 393–407. doi:10.1080/00220485.1987.10845230. JSTOR:1182120.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (November–December 1987). "A fresh start on welfare reform". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 30 (5): 44–50. doi:10.1080/05775132.1987.11471200. JSTOR:40720533.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Winter 1989). "Does the market for women's labor need fixing?". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 3 (1): 43–60. doi:10.1257/jep.3.1.43. JSTOR:1942964.

1990 - 1994

Bergmann, Barbara R.; Kliever, Lonnie D.; Weistart, John C.; Mason, Henry L. (January–February 1990). "The role of faculty in the governance of college athletics: A report of the special committee on athletics". Academe. 76 (1): 43–47. doi:10.2307/40249664. JSTOR:40249664.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Fall–Winter 1990). "Women's roles in the economy: teaching the issues". Women's Studies Quarterly. 18 (3–4): 6–22. JSTOR:40003170.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Fall–Winter 1990). "Feminism and economics". Women's Studies Quarterly. 18 (3–4): 68–74. JSTOR:40003175.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Winter 1990). "Micro-to-macro simulation: A primer with a labor market example". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 4 (1): 99–116. doi:10.1257/jep.4.1.99. JSTOR:1942834.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (January–February 1991). "Do sports really make money for the university?". Academe. 77 (1): 28–30. doi:10.2307/40251010. JSTOR:40251010.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May–June 1991). "Perspective: Professors should back national health insurance". Academe. 77 (3): 62. JSTOR:40251010.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (November–December 1991). "Bloated administration, blighted campuses". Academe. 77 (6): 12–16. JSTOR:40250269.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Renwick, Trudi J. (Winter 1993). "A budget-based definition of poverty: with an application to single-parent families". The Journal of Human Resources. 28 (1): 1–24. doi:10.2307/146086. JSTOR:146086.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May 1994). "Curing child poverty in the United States". The American Economic Review. 84 (2): 76–80. JSTOR:2117805.

1995 - 1999

Bergmann, Barbara R. (1995). "Becker's theory of the family: preposterous conclusions". Feminist Economics. 1 (1): 141–150. doi:10.1080/714042218.

Reprinted as: Bergmann, Barbara R. (January–February 1996). "Becker's theory of the family: preposterous conclusions". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 39 (1): 9–12. JSTOR:40721661.

Bergmann, Barbara R.; Hartmann, Heidi (July 1995). "A welfare reform based on help for working parents". Feminist Economics. 1 (2): 85–89. doi:10.1080/714042236.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Hartmann, Heidi (July 1995). "Get real! Look to the future, not the past". Feminist Economics. 1 (2): 109–119. doi:10.1080/714042241.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Wetchler, Sherry (Fall 1995). "Child support awards: state guidelines vs. public opinion". Family Law Quarterly. 29 (3): 483–493.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (September–October 1996). "Real welfare reform: Help for working parents". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 39 (5): 34–37. doi:10.1080/05775132.1996.11471923. JSTOR:40721705.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (January 1997). "Government support for families with children in the United States and France". Feminist Economics. 3 (1): 85–94. doi:10.1080/135457097338825.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (January–February 1997). "Selections from in defense of affirmative action". Academe. 83 (1): 29–34. doi:10.2307/40251560. JSTOR:40251560.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (1998). "The only ticket to equality: total androgyny, male style". Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues. 9: 75–86.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Steiner, Peter O.; Poston, Muriel E. (May–June 1998). "Academic freedom and tenure: University of the district of Columbia: M*ive terminations of faculty appointments". Academe. 84 (3): 46–55. doi:10.2307/40251266. JSTOR:40251266.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Autumn 1998). "Two cheers for CSWEP?". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 12 (4): 185–189. doi:10.1257/jep.12.4.185. JSTOR:2646902.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (March–April 1999). "Abolish the Nobel Prize for economics". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 42 (2): 52–57. doi:10.1080/05775132.1999.11472090. JSTOR:40721934.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (May 1999). "Making child care "affordable" in the United States". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 563 (1): 208–219. doi:10.1177/0002716299563001013. JSTOR:1048949.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Summer 1999). "Correspondence: Women at NBER: a correction". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 13 (3): 240. doi:10.1257/jep.13.3.235. JSTOR:2647003.

2000 - 2004

Bergmann, Barbara R. (January 2000). "Subsidizing child care by mothers at home". Feminist Economics. 6 (1): 77–88. doi:10.1080/135457000337688. S2CID:153822042.
Bergmann, Barbara R.; Gray, Mary (September–October 2003). "Student teaching evaluations: Inaccurate, demeaning, misused". Academe. 89 (5): 44–46. doi:10.2307/40253388. JSTOR:40253388.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (March 2004). "A Swedish-style welfare state or basic income: Which should have priority?". Politics & Society. 32 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1177/0032329203261101. S2CID:154939934.
Bergmann, Barbara; Himmelweit, Susan F.; Green, Kate; Albelda, Randy P.; Women's Committee of One Hundred; Koren, Charlotte (July 2004). "Lone mothers: What is to be done?". Feminist Economics. 10 (2): 237–264. doi:10.1080/1354570042000217793. S2CID:154744396.

2005 - 2009

Bergmann, Barbara R. (April 2005). "Could social security go broke?". The Economists' Voice. 2 (1): 1–4. doi:10.2202/1553-3832.1012. S2CID:201120976.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (July 2005). "The current state of economics: needs a lot of work". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 600 (1): 52–67. doi:10.1177/0002716205276731. S2CID:154752384.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Fall 2005). "Pushing for a more humane society". The American Economist. 49 (2): 11–15. doi:10.1177/056943450504900202. JSTOR:25604321. S2CID:220082021. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (July–August 2006). "Bad trade". Foreign Affairs. 85 (4): 202. doi:10.2307/20032061. JSTOR:20032061.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (November–December 2006). "The nurse shortage is a crime". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 49 (6): 93–102. doi:10.2753/0577-5132490606. JSTOR:40722416. S2CID:154658279.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Winter 2006). "Reducing inequality: merit goods vs. income grants". Dissent. 53 (1): 67–72. doi:10.1353/dss.2006.0012. S2CID:154218339.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (March 2007). "Needed: a new empiricism". The Economists' Voice. 4 (2): 1–4. doi:10.2202/1553-3832.1228. S2CID:201101442.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (Winter 2009). "The economy and the economics profession: both need work". Eastern Economic Journal. 35 (1): 2–9. doi:10.1057/eej.2008.49. S2CID:152443560.

2010 - 2015

Bergmann, Barbara R. (September–October 2010). "Is prosperity possible without growth?". Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs. 53 (5): 49–56. doi:10.2753/0577-5132530504. JSTOR:27896616. S2CID:154352496.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (February 2011). "Sex segregation in the blue-collar occupations: Women's choices or unremedied discrimination? Comment on England". Gender and Society. 25 (1): 88–93. doi:10.1177/0891243210389813. JSTOR:25789924. S2CID:145286509.

Other

Bergmann, Barbara R. (17 August 1986). "Affirmative action via the back door". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (20 September 1987). "After much clipping away, it's time to close pay gap". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (26 October 1987). "Attuned to the rich, Bush offers a warmed-over 'voodoo economics'". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (31 July 1988). "It's 'demogrant' reborn, not day care". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (22 September 1991). "Personal perspective - I 'disgraced' the school by calling a star athlete a fake student". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (4 February 1993). "Column left - A safety net for children in poverty - The Clinton team has the drive to push programs supplementing work efforts of single mothers". Los Angeles Times. California.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (10 August 2007). "No tax, no spend". The Times Literary Supplement. London.
Bergmann, Barbara R. (2008). The economic consequences of the decline of marriage. Johannes Kepler University of Linz. Working Paper 0818. Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-13. Pdf.

References

External links

Profile: Barbara Bergmann College of Arts and Sciences, American University
Home page International *ociation for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Home page Feminist Economics journal
2004 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award announcement Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)

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