How To Academy Podcast Corinne Low - What Data Can Tell Us About Women's Lives
Sep 26, 2025
Corinne Low, a business economist at the Wharton School and author of Feminomics, dives into the data that shapes women's lives. She redefines happiness as utility, guiding listeners on maximizing it through careful decision-making. Low emphasizes the need for men to step up at home, addresses societal expectations, and discusses reproductive capital as an asset. With practical advice on negotiation, prioritizing leisure, and countering social media pressures, she empowers women to align choices with their true values.
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Test Career Desire By Imagining Wealth
- Ask how much career time you'd keep if money were irrelevant to reveal true preferences.
- Use that insight to rebalance career intensity versus time for relationships and leisure.
Reproductive Capital As An Asset
- 'Reproductive capital' reframes fertility as a valuable, time-limited asset women hold.
- Treat timing of childbearing as an economic optimization problem, not only a personal emotion-laden choice.
Question Valued Workplace Traits
- Recognize male traits like competitiveness aren't proven superior for firm profit and can be harmful.
- Evaluate which workplace traits actually drive outcomes instead of rewarding stereotypical behavior.
