Inequality, Development, and Growth

Herausgeber: Berik, Günseli; Seguino, Stephanie; Meulen Rodgers, Yana van der

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the linkages between inequality, development, and growth from a feminist economics perspective. This title examines connections between intergroup inequality and macroeconomic outcomes, considering various channels through which gender, growth, and development interact.

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This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the linkages between inequality, development, and growth from a feminist economics perspective offering a rich array of policy options for promoting gender equality. This book was published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780415599443
• ISBN-10: 041559944X
• Artikelnr.: 30881586

Autorenporträt

Günseli Berik is Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, where she teaches feminist economics, development economics, and political economy of gender, race/ethnicity and class in the U.S. Her research examines the relationship between development, gender labor market inequalities, and well-being. Her latest research focuses on strategies for improving labor standards; gendered labor market outcomes of varieties of industrial policy; and the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). Dr. Berik has served as Associate Editor of Feminist Economics and is currently a Co-editor of the journal. She has conducted research for the United Nations and the World Bank. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers is Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She teaches courses and conducts research on gender and economic development, and she consults for the World Bank and the United Nations. She received her BA from Cornell University and her Ph.D in economics from Harvard University. Stephanie Seguino, PhD is Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont where she teaches macroeconomics; globalization; and stratification economics. Her research examines the relationship between income distribution and macroeconomic outcomes. Her latest research explores the distributional effects of contractionary monetary policy by race and gender. Dr. Seguino has served as Associate Editor of Feminist Economics; is President-elect of the International Association for Feminist Economics; and has conducted research for the United Nations and the World Bank.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Feminist Economics of Inequality, Development, and Growth
2. Gender Equality and Economic Growth in the World Bank World Development
Report 2006 3. Gender Disparity in Education and the International
Competition for Foreign Direct Investment 4. The Impact of Gender
Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth: New Evidence for
a Panel of Countries 5. Do Gender Disparities in Employment Increase
Profitability? Evidence from the United States 6. Women's Employment and
Family Income Inequality during China's Economic Transition 7. Do Economic
Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence from India 8. Gender
Disparities and Economic Growth in Kenya: A Social Accounting Matrix
Approach 9. Globalization, Gender, and Poverty in the Senegal River Valley
10. Modeling Gender Effects of Pakistan's Trade Liberalization 11. Gender,
Monetary Policy, and Employment: The Case of Nine OECD Countries