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

Current Table of Contents

A Special Issue on Unpaid Work, Time Use, Poverty, and Public Policy
Guest edited by Maria S. Floro, Caren Grown, and Diane Elson

Volume 17, Number 4, October 2011

Articles

Guest Editors' Note
Maria S Floro, Caren Grown & Diane Elson

Embedding Care and Unpaid Work in Macroeconomic Modeling: A Structuralist Approach
Elissa Braunstein, Irene van Staveren & Daniele Tavani

Gender and Work in South Africa: What Can Time-Use Data Reveal?
Maria S. Floro & Hitomi Komatsu

Understanding Women's Work Using Time-Use Statistics: The Case of India
Indira Hirway & Sunny Jose

The Feminization of Labor and the Time-Use Gender Gap in Rural China
Hongqin Chang, Fiona MacPhail & Xiao-yuan Dong

Work and Time Use By Gender: A New Clustering of European Welfare Systems
Lina Gálvez-Muñoz, Paula Rodríguez-Modroño & Mónica Domínguez-Serrano

Family Strategies for Meeting Care and Domestic Work Needs: Evidence From Spain
Cristina Carrasco & Màrius Domínguez

Time Binds: US Antipoverty Policies, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Single Mothers
Randy Albelda

Sixteen Years after Beijing: What Are the New Policy Agendas for Time-Use Data Collection?
Valeria Esquivel

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: Engendering Economic Policy in Africa

Guest Editors
Caren A Grown, Abena D Oduro, and Irene van Staveren

In recent years, feminist economists and gender and development scholars have drawn attention to the adverse effects in Africa of policies associated with the Washington Consensus, including trade liberalization, strict anti-inflationary policies, and privatization of government functions. As these policies particularly disadvantage women and the poor, a variety of voices have emerged critiquing their underlying assumptions and renewing efforts to promote alternate pathways to gender equity, well-being, and sustainable economic development. ...

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