Budgets are prima facie gender-ignorant. But gender-conscious budgeting can improve efficiency and effectiveness of fiscal policy as well as helping to redress gender inequalities. As the IMF, for the first time ever, asked its member nations to integrate gender budgeting in Public Finance Management this year (Stotsky, 2016), it is opportune to unpack what gender […]
Read MoreWritten with Simeen Mahmud Policymakers operate with a very truncated view of the economy—with little idea of how growth impacts, or is affected by, women’s work. Part of the problem is the ongoing exclusion of the unpaid care work from international definitions of economic activity. This means that for the most part they fail to […]
Read MoreIn his latest book, simply titled “Inequality – what can be done?”, Tony Atkinson not only provides a thorough analysis of economic inequality in the UK and other Western countries. He also puts forward some bold proposals to reduce inequality. And, a few of these have clear feminist character. His book, dedicated to “the wonderful […]
Read MoreThis week, governments from all around the world are gathering at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit to adopt the Agenda 2030. They will commit to pursue sustainable development for all, including by reaching a new set of goals. In this process, the inclusion of a stand-alone goal on gender equality, with specific targets, as well […]
Read MoreThe political debate over the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act of 2014 and a flurry of recent popular culture pieces in the “Can Women Have it All?” debate (e.g. Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, Deborah Spar’s Wonder Women, and Anne Marie Slaughter’s “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”) remind us that the feminist ideal of gender […]
Read MoreSeveral weeks ago, President Obama took a big step toward equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. He signed an executive order that forbids employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by federal contractors that sell goods and services to the U.S. government. This marks the first time […]
Read MoreFeminist economists have an impact on policy; however, those impacts are not often immediately apparent. I was starkly reminded of this when, in early August, I had the opportunity to do a day’s teaching on “Gender and the Economy” in English and Vietnamese to the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration […]
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How Do Bedouin Women Fare in Israel’s Naqab/Negev?
We are opening up the Feminist economics posts blog for continued conversation on the Comment & Rejoinder by Robert Cherry and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, et al. in the latest issue (volume 21, issue 4, Oct 2015) of Feminist Economics. Both articles are currently FREE access to encourage further conversation. Download the comment and rejoinder by clicking […]
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