Feminist Economics

Feminist Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, the journal enlarges and enriches economic discourse. The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories, but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men.

Feminist Economics has become, with remarkable speed, a leading journal in economics, vastly enriching the understanding of important economic issues.

Amartya Sen
Nobel Prize for Economics 1998, Harvard University, USA

2013 IAFFE Annual Conference in Palo Alto, California

The Fountain at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California

Current Table of Contents

Volume 19, Number 2, April 2013

Diana Strassmann and Günseli Berik, Editors

Articles

A Critical Assessment of the UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index
Iñaki Permanyer

Does Gender Affect Mortgage Choice? Evidence from the US
Chau Do and Irina Paley

Gender and Poverty Risk in Europe
Elena Bárcena-Martín and Ana I. Moro-Egido

Reciprocity in Caring Labor: Nurses’ Work in Residential Aged Care in Australia
Valerie Adams and Rhonda Sharp

Socioeconomic Effects on the Stature of Nineteenth-Century US Women
Scott Alan Carson



Book Reviews

The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen

Reviewed by Sine Bagatur




Spotlight

Calls for Papers

General Call

Feminist Economics provides an open forum for dialogue and debate about feminist economic perspectives. The journal solicits high quality contributions from a broad spectrum of intellectual traditions in economics. ...

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Special Issue Call for Papers: Sex Work and Trafficking

Guest Editors: Francesca Bettio, Marina Della Giusta, and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers 

Economists have paid relatively sparse attention to the sex industry, despite its size and financial importance. Moreover, feminists remain deeply divided on the issue of agency. ...

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See a comprehensive list of articles published from 2010–2012 here.

Elinor Ostrom (1933 - 2012) Interview

Ostrom talks with Ann Mari May and Gale Summerfield in this forthcoming interview, now available online here.

Forthcoming Articles

Read forthcoming Feminist Economics articles available online now!

Feminist Economics


Journal and IAFFE News

IAFFE Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Ann Mari May, has mentions and quotations in 3 current news articles about economics and gender. Please click on the links below for more information.

The Wall Street Journal

LifeInc.com (blog affiliated with TODAY)

USA Today

Feminist Economics Managing Editor, Polly Morrice, contributed to The New York Times Motherlode blog. Please click on the link below for more information.

The New York Times