Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life

Edited by Deborah M. Figart and Tonia L. Warnecke

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Abstract: The Handbook illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The contributors – academics, policy analysts and practitioners from wide-ranging areas of expertise – discuss the methodological approaches to, and analytical tools for, conducting research on the gender dimension of economic life. They also provide analyses of major issues facing both developed and developing countries. Topics explored include civil society, discrimination, informal work, working time, central bank policy, health, education, food security, poverty, migration, environmental activism and the financial crisis.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 9780857930941
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 A social provisioning approach to gender and economic life , pp 7-17

Marilyn Power

Ch 2 Feminist economics as a theory and method , pp 18-31

Drucilla K. Barker

Ch 3 Intersectionality , pp 32-45

S. Charusheela

Ch 4 Gender, well-being and civil society , pp 46-61

Nisrine Mansour

Ch 5 Gender and caring , pp 62-76

Julie A. Nelson

Ch 6 Teaching and learning for economic life , pp 77-90

Zohreh Emami

Ch 7 Gender and provisioning under different capitalisms , pp 93-112

Barbara E. Hopkins

Ch 8 International development institutions, gender and economic life , pp 113-131

Suzanne Bergeron

Ch 9 Infrastructure and gender equity , pp 132-149

Dominique Lallement

Ch 10 How gendered institutions constrain women’s empowerment , pp 150-166

Irene van Staveren

Ch 11 Informal work , pp 169-182

V. Spike Peterson

Ch 12 Gender inequality in the workplace , pp 183-199

Elizabeth Hirsh, Hazel Hollingdale and Natasha Stecy-Hildebrandt

Ch 13 Occupational segregation and the gender wage gap in the US , pp 200-217

Ariane Hegewisch and Hannah Liepmann

Ch 14 Race and ethnicity in the workplace , pp 218-235

Marlene Kim

Ch 15 Discrimination in gay and lesbian lives , pp 236-254

Doris Weichselbaumer

Ch 16 Low-wage mothers on the edge in the US , pp 257-272

Randy Albelda

Ch 17 Employer-oriented schedule flexibility, gender and family care , pp 273-289

Elaine McCrate

Ch 18 Work–family reconciliation policies in Europe , pp 290-306

Janneke Plantenga and Chantal Remery

Ch 19 The role of the government in work–family conflict in the US , pp 307-322

Heather Boushey

Ch 20 From micro-level gender relations to the macro economy and back again , pp 325-344

Stephanie Seguino

Ch 21 Central bank policy and gender , pp 345-358

Elissa Braunstein

Ch 22 Credit and self-employment , pp 359-377

Nidhiya Menon and Yana Rodgers

Ch 23 Gender, debt and the housing/financial crisis , pp 378-390

Brigitte Young

Ch 24 Measuring gender disparities in human development , pp 393-409

Amie Gaye, Jeni Klugman, Milorad Kovacevic, Sarah Twigg and Eduardo Zambrano

Ch 25 Girls’ schooling and the global education and development agenda , pp 410-420

Elaine Unterhalter and Amy North

Ch 26 Intersecting sources of education inequality , pp 421-433

Elizabeth King and Vy T. Nguyen

Ch 27 The health of the world’s women , pp 434-453

Purnima Madhivanan and Karl Krupp

Ch 28 A case of gendered hazards and health effects for ultra-poor women , pp 454-467

Rita Watterson, Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau

Ch 29 Gender and food security , pp 468-484

Anandita Philipose and Mishka Saffar

Ch 30 Family migration in the US , pp 487-503

Nina Banks

Ch 31 Environmental activism and gender , pp 504-521

Patricia E. Perkins

Ch 32 Engendering peace, conflict and violence , pp 522-541

Cilja Harders

Ch 33 Trafficking and gender , pp 542-558

Julie Ham

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