Harvard economist explains why women are drawn to veterinary medicine

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That women have taken the field of veterinary medicine by storm is no secret to those in the profession. But that fact has now caught the attention of an Ivy League economist. As reported recently in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard’s Claudia Goldin, Ph.D., speaking to the American Economic Association, offered some perspective on the trend. Noting that women now account for 77% of graduating veterinarians, Goldin points out that the requirements and rigors of the profession itself haven’t changed…full story