Women's Quest for Economic Equality

Women's Quest for Economic Equality

Author: Victor R. Fuchs

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780674955462

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Explores reasons for women's continued economic disadvantage and the conflicts women feel between career and family, which men do not. Offers proposals that would help society overcome these discrepancies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


In Pursuit of Equity

In Pursuit of Equity

Author: Alice Kessler-Harris

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780195158021

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A major new work by a leading women's historian and a study of how a "gendered imagination" has shaped social policy in America. Illustrations.


Women, Work, and Economic Growth

Women, Work, and Economic Growth

Author: Ms.Kalpana Kochhar

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 1475579039

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Women make up a little over half of the world’s population, but their contribution to measured economic activity and growth is far below its potential. Despite significant progress in recent decades, labor markets across the world remain divided along gender lines, and progress toward gender equality seems to have stalled. The challenges of growth, job creation, and inclusion are closely intertwined. This volume brings together key research by IMF economists on issues related to gender and macroeconomics. In addition to providing policy prescriptions and case studies from IMF member countries, the chapters also look at the gender gap from an economic point of view.


Excerpt: Women, Work, and Economic Growth

Excerpt: Women, Work, and Economic Growth

Author: Ms.Kalpana Kochhar

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2016-09-09

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1475535856

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This paper analyzes various linkages and interconnections between gender inequality and the macroeconomy. The prevalence of gender inequality, particularly the presence of gender gaps in the labor force and in economic opportunities, can weigh on and impede inclusive growth. The precise nature of gender gaps varies, but in the majority of countries there are differences between men and women in decision-making power, economic participation, access to opportunities, and social norms and expectations. The analysis shows that gender gaps in pay and in access to resources, occupations, and credit, among other things, not only have negative microeconomic effects on women but also imply large costs for the aggregate economy. Differences in economic outcomes may be a consequence of unequal opportunities and enabling conditions for men and women and for boys and girls. Raising female participation could provide an important boost to growth, but women face two hurdles in participating in the workforce in Japan.


Gender Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from Industry-Level Data

Gender Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from Industry-Level Data

Author: Ata Can Bertay

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2020-07-03

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1513546279

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We study whether higher gender equality facilitates economic growth by enabling better allocation of a valuable resource: female labor. By allocating female labor to its more productive use, we hypothesize that reducing gender inequality should disproportionately benefit industries with typically higher female share in their employment relative to other industries. Specifically, we exploit within-country variation across industries to test whether those that typically employ more women grow relatively faster in countries with ex-ante lower gender inequality. The test allows us to identify the causal effect of gender inequality on industry growth in value-added and labor productivity. Our findings show that gender inequality affects real economic outcomes.


Changing Times

Changing Times

Author: Jonathan Gershuny

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780199261895

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This volume examines the newly emerging political economy of time, in the light of new estimates of how time is actually spent, and of how this has changed, in the development of the world.


Hopes Dashed?

Hopes Dashed?

Author: Prue Hyman

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2017-03-08

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0994135475

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‘What has happened to New Zealand women’s economic and social status over the last twenty years?’ In 1994 economist Prue Hyman published Women and Economics, an overview of the status of women in the New Zealand economy. Much has changed since then – but how much? Has the promise of equality been fulfilled in the labour market? Is unpaid domestic work being given the recognition it deserves? In this BWB Text, Hyman surveys the mixed record of the past two decades, revealing that the work of feminism is not over yet.


Women's Economic Empowerment

Women's Economic Empowerment

Author: Kate Grantham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1000340341

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This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.