A Feminist Comparative Economic Systems

Barbara Hopkins and Lynn Duggan

Feminist Economics, 2011, vol. 17, issue 3, 35-69

Abstract: This study proposes that feminist research be integrated into the field of comparative economic systems (CES) and that CES return to its traditional institutionalist methodologies to facilitate more complete analyses of economic systems and feminist alternatives to these systems and institutions. The study describes the evolution of CES, drawing attention to an increasing reliance on econometric modeling that reflects a shift in focus away from systems. An inventory of research on women and gender that has appeared in CES journals and textbooks finds little on topics other than formal labor markets in transition economies. The study contrasts this literature on women and gender in transition economies to research on this topic by women from transition economies, a literature that CES journal authors do not reference. It concludes by proposing a feminist economics approach that focuses on gender-differentiated impacts of economic systems, analyses of households, and equity as a measure of progress.

Keywords: Economic methodology; feminist theory; economic transition; women; post-socialism; economic systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.582847

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