Department of Economics

Washington Post column devoted to Fleck and Hanssen paper on Movie Stars

A new paper by Clemson Economics Professors Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen is the subject of an extensive “Wonkblog” column in today’s Washington Post. Their paper, “Persistence and Change in Age-Specific Gender Gaps: Hollywood Actors from the Silent Era Onward”, studies gender differences in leading roles in Hollywood films since 1905. While starring roles for […]