Role of Macroeconomic Policy in Reinforcing Gender Inequality - A Case Study of Poland in the European Union

Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz, Anna

Journal of Economic Issues, 2009, vol. 43, issue 2, pages 503-512

Abstract: >p>Gender inequality is caused by numerous factors, among which one may find traditional division of labor, family, religion and many other institutions. The state also influences a position of women in society and economy. Nowadays most western states seem to engage in the promotion of equal status of men and women. The European Union (EU) is known for its policy of gender mainstreaming that has been implemented in member states. The EU, however, promotes a neoliberal approach in the economy that seems to be in contradiction to the promotion of gender equality.>/p>>p>In Poland, tendencies to liberate, privatize and deregulate are warmly welcomed as cures for economic underdevelopment. Gender equality, on the other hand, has been challenged as a relic of the former political system. In this paper, the author attempts to answer the question whether macroeconomic policy promoted by the EU influences the status of women in Poland.>/p>

Keywords: gender; inequality; institutions; macroeconomic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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