Feminist Economics Volume 20 Issue 2

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Double Trouble: US Low-Wage and Low-Income Workers, 1979–2011

Albelda, Randy; Carr, Michael

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2014.886125

There is research on low-wage earners and on low-income adults, yet little that looks specifically at workers who are both. Changes in antipoverty programs and job structure in the United States suggest a rise in this group of workers, but not necessarily an accompanying change in the set of...

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The Institutional Basis of Gender Inequality: The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)

Branisa, Boris; Klasen, Stephan; Ziegler, Maria; Drechsler, Denis; Jütting, Johannes

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2013.850523

This study uses variables from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Centre's Gender, Institutions and Development (GID) Database to construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its subindices Family code, Civil liberties, Physical integrity, Son...

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Counting Care Work in Social Policy: Valuing Unpaid Child- and Eldercare in Korea

Yoon, Jayoung

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2013.862342

This study demonstrates the usefulness of quantifying and valuing time spent on unpaid care work and explores the links between social policies, unpaid care work, and gender equality in the context of recent social care reforms in the Republic of Korea. Using information provided by two...

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Gender Differences in Italian Children's Capabilities

Addabbo, Tindara; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Maccagnan, Anna

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2013.844846

This paper analyzes children's well-being using the capability approach, with a special focus on gender differences. The two areas analyzed are the capability of senses, imagination, and thought; and the capability of play. Using data from the 2008 Multipurpose Survey on Daily Life released by...

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The Impact of Changing Family Structures on the Income Distribution among Costa Rican Women 1993–2009

Kasy, Maximilian; Ramos-Chaves, Alvaro

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2013.862343

Changes in family structures, such as the composition of households with respect to size, age, and gender, can have an impact on poverty rates and the income distribution more generally. This study analyzes the impact of changing family structures on the income distribution among adult Costa...

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Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account

Braunstein, Elissa

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2014.899705

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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Strober, Myra H.

2014 Feminist Economics

doi:10.1080/13545701.2014.900569