Rebeca Gomez Betancourt

Research Expert - France - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Lyon

Biography

Rebeca Gomez Betancourt is a French-Venezuelan Professor of Economics at the University of Lyon 2, France. She is a historian of economics and a feminist economist. Her work focuses on the history of monetary debates, and women and economics in Latin America and the United States. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Sorbonne, Paris. She is currently working on the history of women, reproductive rights and LGBTQA+ rights. With some colleagues, she created the Diversity Caucus in the History of Economics improving the representation of minorities in academia.


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