The Economic Emergence of Women: Bergmann's Six Commitments

Heidi Hartmann

Feminist Economics, 1998, vol. 4, issue 3, 169-180

Abstract: I suggest in this essay that Barbara Bergmann's approach to the economics of women is characterized by six striking dimensions, or what I call 'commitments', namely: (1) a willingness to incorporate values into her analysis openly; (2) a commitment to applied economics - economic analysis that supports policy change that will improve women's and children's lives; (3) a commitment to empirical economics, i.e. to data collection and data-based analysis; (4) a commitment to communication with the public; (5) a commitment to the truth even if it challenges convenient orthodoxy; (6) a commitment to focus on how change can occur - to be positive not defeatist. A review of these six commitments, I demonstrate, reveals that they are held together by the first one, her willingness to incorporate values into her scholarly work openly.

Keywords: Public Policy; Pay Equity; Child Care; Affirmative Action; Poverty; Welfare Reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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