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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewThis volume brings together various theoretical and empirical contributions of well-known feminist economists covering a wide range of time-appropriate topics across countries. They include formal and informal labor market participation, the care economy, employment policies that affect women, and education, health and welfare. A must read for faculty, students, and practitioners of economics, feminist economics, sociology, and public and health policy... Highly recommended. --S. Chaudhuri, Choice
The Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life edited by Debrorah Figart and Tonia Warnecke is an insightful compilation of 33 articles describing the research on the interactions between gender and economic life. It seeks to show how gender permeates every facet of economic life (the ''process of provisioning for well-being'') even though it is routinely disregarded by mainstream neoclassical models. The Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life is a grand success. Each chapter evaluates an area where gender is missing in economic models, where policy need to be addressed, and/or where stylized facts exemplify the central role gender plays.
The strength of the Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life lies in its breadth of coverage. The easy-to-read, well-written, and non-technical chapters would be ideal for a class on gender economics, globalization, or women's studies.
The Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life provides a comprehensive evaluation of gender economics. It would be difficult to find a student who could not find a topic appealing to his or her particular interests. --Erin George, Eastern Economic Journal
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Diane Elson Introduction Deborah M. Figart and Tonia L. Warnecke PART I: ANALYTICAL TOOLS 1. A Social Provisioning Approach to Gender and Economic Life Marilyn Power 2. Feminist Economics as a Theory and Method Drucilla K. Barker 3. Intersectionality S. Charusheela 4. Gender, Well-being and Civil Society Nisrine Mansour 5. Gender and Caring Julie A. Nelson 6. Teaching and Learning for Economic Life Zohreh Emami PART II: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS FOR PROVISIONING 7. Gender and Provisioning under Different Capitalisms Barbara E. Hopkins 8. International Development Institutions, Gender and Economic Life Suzanne Bergeron 9. Infrastructure and Gender Equity Dominique Lallement 10. How Gendered Institutions Constrain Women’s Empowerment Irene van Staveren PART III: INFORMAL AND FORMAL WORK 11. Informal Work V. Spike Peterson 12. Gender Inequality in the Workplace Elizabeth Hirsh, Hazel Hollingdale and Natasha Stecy-Hildebrandt 13. Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in the US Ariane Hegewisch and Hannah Liepmann 14. Race and Ethnicity in the Workplace Marlene Kim 15. Discrimination in Gay and Lesbian Lives Doris Weichselbaumer PART IV: EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 16. Low-wage Mothers on the Edge in the US Randy Albelda 17. Employer-oriented Schedule Flexibility, Gender and Family Care Elaine McCrate 18. Work–Family Reconciliation Policies in Europe Janneke Plantenga and Chantal Remery 19. The Role of the Government in Work–Family Conflict in the US Heather Boushey PART V: MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, FINANCE AND CREDIT 20. From Micro-level Gender Relations to the Macro Economy and Back Again Stephanie Seguino 21. Central Bank Policy and Gender Elissa Braunstein 22. Credit and Self-employment Nidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers 23. Gender, Debt and the Housing/Financial Crisis Brigitte Young PART VI: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND HEALTH 24. Measuring Gender Disparities in Human Development Amie Gaye, Jeni Klugman, Milorad Kovacevic, Sarah Twigg and Eduardo Zambrano 25. Girls’ Schooling and the Global Education and Development Agenda Elaine Unterhalter and Amy North 26. Intersecting Sources of Education Inequality Elizabeth M. King and Vy T. Nguyen 27. The Health of the World’s Women Purnima Madhivanan and Karl Krupp 28. A Case of Gendered Hazards and Health Effects for Ultra-poor Women Rita Watterson, Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau 29. Gender and Food Security Anandita Philipose and Mishka Saffar PART VII: CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES 30. Family Migration in the US Nina Banks 31. Environmental Activism and Gender Patricia E. Perkins 32. Engendering Peace, Conflict and Violence Cilja Harders 33. Trafficking and Gender Julie Ham Index
