Search Results - "Feminist Economics"

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The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on economic growth: New evidence for a panel of countries

by Klasen, Stephan Lamanna, Francesca Published in Feminist economics (2009)

“...Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force...”

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CAPABILITIES AS FUNDAMENTAL ENTITLEMENTS: SEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

by Nussbaum, Martha Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2003)

“...Amartya Sen has made a major contribution to the theory of social justice, and of gender justice, by arguing that capabilities are the relevant space of...”

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Capabilities, Lists, and Public Reason: Continuing the Conversation

by Sen, Amartya Published in Feminist economics (01.11.2004)

“...Amartya Sen addresses the question why he is disinclined to provide a fixed list of capabilities to go with his general capability approach. Capability...”

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SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND GENDER INEQUALITY: SELECTING RELEVANT CAPABILITIES

by Robeyns, Ingrid Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2003)

“...This paper investigates how Amartya Sen's capability approach can be applied to conceptualize and assess gender inequality in Western societies. I first argue...”

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The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique

by Winter, Bronwyn
29.12.2020

“...Same-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-nine countries and the subject of continued debate around the world. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A...”

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Why so Few Women in the Labor Market in Turkey?

by İlkkaracan, İpek Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2012)

“...Turkey has one of the widest male-female employment gaps in the world. The post-1950 interplay between economic growth strategies and the male-breadwinner...”

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Female entrepreneurship in transition economies: the case of Lithuania and Ukraine

by Aidis, Ruta Welter, Friederike Smallbone, David Isakova, Nina Published in Feminist economics (01.04.2007)

“...To date, little research has focused on female entrepreneurship in the context of transitioning countries. This paper compares from an institutional...”

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Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment
1. publ.

by Vosko, Leah F MacDonald, Martha Campbell, Iain
edited by MacDonald, Martha Vosko, Leah F Campbell, Iain
Published in Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment (2009)

“...Precarious employment presents a monumental challenge to the social, economic, and political stability of labour markets in industrialized societies and there...”

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Comparing care regimes in Europe

by Bettio, Francesca Plantenga, Janneke Published in Feminist economics (2004)

“...Throughout Europe, the family is still an important provider of care, but welfare state policies of individual countries may support and/or supplement the...”

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Gender roles and the division of unpaid work in Spanish households

by Sevilla, Almudena Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio Fernández, Cristina Published in Feminist economics (2010)

“...This paper examines the role of the doing-gender hypothesis versus traditional models of the household in explaining how the woman's share of home labor varies...”

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THE GENDER ASSET GAP: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

by Deere, Carmen Diana Doss, Cheryl R Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2006)

“... know more. One of the contributions of feminist economics has been to demonstrate that household and individual welfare are not necessarily the same...”

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Reforming the Gender-Related Development Index and the Gender Empowerment Measure: Implementing Some Specific Proposals

by Klasen, Stephan Schüler, Dana Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2011)

“...Since their inception in 1995, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)...”

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Black Women in the U.S. Economy: The Hardest Working Woman

by Nina Banks Cecilia A. Conrad Rhonda Sharpe
31.12.2023

“...Black women in the United States have often been the subject of negative stereotypes, which have distorted perceptions of their unique work history and the...”

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Does Informal Eldercare Impede Women's Employment? The Case of European Welfare States

by Kotsadam, Andreas Published in Feminist economics (01.04.2011)

“...European states vary in eldercare policies and in gendered norms of family care, and this study uses these variations to gain insight into the importance of...”

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The crisis of care, international migration, and public policy

by Beneria, Lourdes Published in Feminist economics (01.07.2008)

“...Focusing on Europe's reconciliation policies, aimed to balance family and labor market work, this paper explores whether some of the legislative efforts...”

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Working for less? Women's part-time wage penalties across countries

by Bardasi, Elena Gornick, Janet C Published in Feminist economics (01.01.2008)

“...This paper investigates wage gaps between part- and full-time women workers in six OECD countries in the mid-1990s. Using comparable micro-data from the...”

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Cultural factors in women's labor force participation in Chile

by Contreras, Dante Plaza, Gonzalo Published in Feminist economics (2010)

“...This article analyzes determinants of female participation in the Chilean labor force using classic determinants such as age, education, marital status, and...”

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Working Long Hours and Having No Choice: Time Poverty in Guinea

by Bardasi, Elena Wodon, Quentin Published in Feminist economics (01.07.2010)

“...This contribution provides a new definition of time poverty as working long hours without choice because an individual's household is poor or would be at risk...”

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