Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life

Edited by Deborah M. Figart, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, US and Tonia Warnecke, George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Chair and Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Department of Social Entrepreneurship, Rollins College, USA

This 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, ChoiceThe 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

• Contents:ForewordDiane ElsonIntroductionDeborah M. Figart and Tonia L. WarneckePART I: ANALYTICAL TOOLS1. A Social Provisioning Approach to Gender and Economic LifeMarilyn Power2. Feminist Economics as a Theory and MethodDrucilla K. Barker3. IntersectionalityS. Charusheela4. Gender, Well-being and Civil SocietyNisrine Mansour5. Gender and CaringJulie A. Nelson6. Teaching and Learning for Economic LifeZohreh EmamiPART II: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS FOR PROVISIONING7. Gender and Provisioning under Different Capitalisms Barbara E. Hopkins8. International Development Institutions, Gender and Economic LifeSuzanne Bergeron9. Infrastructure and Gender EquityDominique Lallement10. How Gendered Institutions Constrain Women’s EmpowermentIrene van StaverenPART III: INFORMAL AND FORMAL WORK11. Informal WorkV. Spike Peterson12. Gender Inequality in the Workplace Elizabeth Hirsh, Hazel Hollingdale and Natasha Stecy-Hildebrandt13. Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in the USAriane Hegewisch and Hannah Liepmann14. Race and Ethnicity in the WorkplaceMarlene Kim15. Discrimination in Gay and Lesbian LivesDoris WeichselbaumerPART IV: EMPLOYMENT POLICIES16. Low-wage Mothers on the Edge in the USRandy Albelda17. Employer-oriented Schedule Flexibility, Gender and Family CareElaine McCrate18. Work–Family Reconciliation Policies in EuropeJanneke Plantenga and Chantal Remery19. The Role of the Government in Work–Family Conflict in the USHeather BousheyPART V: MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, FINANCE AND CREDIT20. From Micro-level Gender Relations to the Macro Economy and Back AgainStephanie Seguino21. Central Bank Policy and GenderElissa Braunstein22. Credit and Self-employmentNidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers23. Gender, Debt and the Housing/Financial CrisisBrigitte YoungPART VI: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND HEALTH24. Measuring Gender Disparities in Human DevelopmentAmie Gaye, Jeni Klugman, Milorad Kovacevic, Sarah Twigg and Eduardo Zambrano25. Girls’ Schooling and the Global Education and Development AgendaElaine Unterhalter and Amy North26. Intersecting Sources of Education InequalityElizabeth M. King and Vy T. Nguyen27. The Health of the World’s WomenPurnima Madhivanan and Karl Krupp28. A Case of Gendered Hazards and Health Effects for Ultra-poor WomenRita Watterson, Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau29. Gender and Food SecurityAnandita Philipose and Mishka SaffarPART VII: CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES30. Family Migration in the USNina Banks31. Environmental Activism and GenderPatricia E. Perkins32. Engendering Peace, Conflict and ViolenceCilja Harders33. Trafficking and GenderJulie HamIndex