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Econ 771.001
ECON 771: Political Economy of Race and Gender Spring 2018 Dr. Elissa Braunstein Department of Economics, Colorado State University [email protected] Office: C327 Clark Office hours: T 1:00 – 2:00 (or by appointment) Overview I define political economy as “the study of the impact of group identity and collective conflict on the organization of economic activity and its consequences.” Political economy traditions tend to focus on class as a source of identity and group conflict. In this course, we will expand that focus to incorporate other sources of group membership, giving you a broad background in economic approaches to inequality and identity based on race/ethnicity and gender. We will focus primarily on the neoclassical, Marxian political economy and feminist literatures. In addition to learning more about the relationship between group membership and economic structures, we will use the prisms of race and gender to better understand and critique various approaches to economic analysis. And while much of the literature focuses on the U.S. context, I will try to broaden the discussion as often as possible, and encourage students to do the same. I welcome students from other social science disciplines. Although we will cover some advanced material that may be difficult for those who have not completed graduate economics courses, the emphasis will be on the main points, rather than the technical detail. The syllabus includes both required readings (*starred) and supplemental readings/sections as I wanted to give you a more complete sense of the literature if you are interested in looking further into a particular topic. -
Ecological and Feminist Economics: an Interview with Julie A. Nelson Julie A
real-world economics review, issue no. 91 subscribe for free INTERVIEW Ecological and feminist economics: an interview with Julie A. Nelson Julie A. Nelson and Jamie Morgan [University of Massachusetts, Boston and Tufts University, MA. USA; Leeds Becket University, UK] Copyright: Julie A. Nelson and Jamie Morgan, 2020 You may post comments on this paper at https://rwer.wordpress.com/comments-on-rwer-issue-no-91/ Julie A. Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Senior Research Fellow at the Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University. Over the last 30 years and more she has established herself as a highly respected voice on many aspects of economics, most notably social and environmental policy, ethics, feminism and economics. Her work often has a methodological frame of reference, though she also has a longstanding record in applied economics (initially micro) and worked for the World Bank and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics early in her career. She is the author or co- editor of such well-known books as Economics for Humans (Nelson, 2018) and Beyond Economic Man (Ferber and Nelson, 1993).1 Her published work spans the mainstream- heterodox divide (for example, American Economic Review, Ecological Economics and Cambridge Journal of Economics). Moreover, her collaborative work on various textbooks has shown a laudable commitment to pluralism and the transformation of the curriculum and pedagogy of economics (for example, Goodwin et al., 2019). She was the 2019 President of the Association for Social Economics and is the editor of the Economics and Business Ethics section of the Journal of Business Ethics. -
A Feminist Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of the Family
Chapter 1 8 Karine S. Moe A Feminist Critique of with Equal Employment Opportunity laws. Hersch surveys the relevant laws that prohibit employment discrimination. Connecting economics and the legal context, she uses noteworthy cases to illustrate the arguments employed in the courtroom to the Neoclassical Theory of establish a legal finding of discrimination. the Family Love, commitment, work. The essays in this book illustrate how economics can lead to a better understanding of the balancing act in women's lives. The authors help Marianne A. Berber beginner readers of economics to understand how economics can be applied to realms outside of the marketplace. The essays also challenge more advanced readers to think critically about how women connect the domain of family and care to the domain of labor market work. Gary Becker's A Treatise on the family (1981) was published about 20 years ago, a culmination of much of his previous work.1 It has remained the centerpiece of neo- REFERENCES classical economic theory of the family ever since, and Becker has widely, albeit not entirely accurately, been considered "the father" of what is also widely referred to as Becker, Gary. 1981. A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2 Bergmann, Barbara R. 1995. "Becker's Theory of the Family: Preposterous Conclusions." the "new home economics." Actually, the honor of pioneering research on and Feminist Economics I: 141-50. analysis of the household as an economic unit properly belongs mainly to Margaret Hersch, Joni and Leslie S. Stratton. 1994. "Housework, Wages, and the Division of Reid (1934), who in turn gave a great deal of credit to Hazel Kyrk, her teacher and 3 Housework Time for Employed Spouses." American Economic Review 84:120-5. -
2013 Annual Report
International Association for Feminist Economics 2013 Annual Report www.iaffe.org 2013 Annual Report A vision, a promise … providing a space for research-based activism IAFFE The International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. Our common cause is to further gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women, and men in local, national, and transnational communities. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspectives and advance gender- based research on contemporary economic issues. A Tradition of Gender Research Hunger and food security have long been central issues in feminist economic analyses. Despite a decrease in the number of hungry people, nearly one in nine people worldwide do not have enough to eat; in sub-Saharan Africa, the number is one in four. The global boom in farmland and land grabs by richer countries demonstrate the urgency of investigating the multifaceted nature of global food insecurity. IAFFE members Dzodzi Tsikata and John Awetori Yaro are a few of the researchers working to better understand the gendered implications of commercial and land transactions on livelihoods in some highly impoverished communities. Their work on land transactions in rural Ghana and the work of other researchers will appear in a special issues of Feminist Economics supported by the Ford Foundation entitled, “Land, Gender, and Food Security.” Cover photo of women in a market in St. -
Feminism, Objectivit and Economics
FEMINISM, OBJECTIVITY AND ECONOMICS Economics is gender-biased in its definition, methods and models. The emphasis on questions of choice and markets, on the use of mathematical methods, and on models based on individual, rational action reflect a way of conceptualizing the world which has a distinctly masculine slant. Julie Nelson extends feminist analysis of the influence of masculine norms on the development of Western science, by scholars such as Evelyn Fox Keller and Sandra Harding, to the specific case of economics. As well as evaluating the abstract core models of neoclassical economics, this book includes case studies on topics including the theory of the family, income tax policy and macroeconomics. However, the book does not simply berate economists for the discipline’s failings; alternatives such as discarding all current, economic practice, or setting up an economics solely for women or for ‘women’s issues,’ are explicitly and emphatically rejected. Rather, it presents the outlines of a less gender-biased discipline which would be richer, more useful and more objective. Such a discipline, informed by feminist theory, would be an improved one, for all practitioners and all subjects. While in most disciplines the feminist critique is well advanced, this is the first full-length, single-authored book to focus on gender bias in contemporary economics. Its author is a practising academic economist and a leader in the recent development of feminist economics. Julie A.Nelson is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis and Brandeis University. She was joint editor of Beyond Economic Man (University of Chicago Press, 1993) and has published widely in leading economics and feminist journals, including Econometrica and Hypatia. -
Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper Series
Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper Series Working Paper No. 454 MOTHERHOOD AND WOMEN’S EARNINGS IN ANGLO-AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN, AND NORDIC COUNTRIES Wendy Sigle-Rushton and Jane Waldfogel December 2006 Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), asbl 1 MOTHERHOOD AND WOMEN’S EARNINGS IN ANGLO-AMERICAN, CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN, AND NORDIC COUNTRIES Wendy Sigle-Rushton and Jane Waldfogel ABSTRACT The earnings of mothers make up an important, but difficult to quantify, component of parental expenditures on children. This paper compares the long-term earnings of women with children, women without children, and men. The study conducts separate analyses for less educated, moderately educated, and highly educated people in eight Anglo-American, Continental European, and Nordic countries. The study finds that, for the most part, these countries cluster into three groups, with mothers in the Continental European group experiencing the largest earnings differentials, mothers in the Nordic group experiencing the smallest, and mothers in the Anglo-American countries occupying the middle position. KEYWORDS Earnings, gender, labor market, motherhood JEL Codes: J18, J1, J 2 INTRODUCTION Gender differences in earnings have been the topic of a great deal of theory and empirical research. Virtually all of this work has noted that women’s greater responsibility for children is an important factor in explaining why women earn less than men (see especially Victor Fuchs 1988; Jane Waldfogel 1998a; Francine Blau, Marianne Ferber, and Ann Winkler 2002). Women with children are less likely to work in the labor market than other women or men, and, when they do work, they tend to work fewer hours and earn lower hourly wages. -
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ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS PROGRAM Chicago, IL January 6–8, 2012 Contract negotiations, management and meeting arrangements for ASSA meetings are conducted by the American Economic Association. Participants should be aware that the media has open access to all sessions and events at the meetings. i ASSA2012.indb 1 11/16/11 3:52 PM Thanks to the 2012 American Economic Association Program Committee Members Kyle Bagwell Timothy Bresnahan Dora Costa Barry Eichengreen Charles Engel Lars Peter Hansen Erik Hurst Laurence Kotlikoff David Lee Eric Leeper Adriana Lleras-Muney Stephen Morris Monika Piazzezi Robert Townsend Kenneth Wolpin Michael Woodford Cover Art—“Chicago—Skyline in Snow” painted by Kevin E. Cahill (Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 ) based on a photograph by Jerry Driendl (copyright ′′ ′′ 2008). Kevin is a fellow economist and Investigator for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College. Kevin invites you to visit his website at www.kcahillstudios.com. Jerry Driendl is a professional photographer who specializes in skylines. Jerry’s pictures are represented for licensing by Panoramic Images at www.panoramicimages.com, his posters are available at http://www.worldskylines.com, and his photographic prints are at www. fillprints.com. ii ASSA2012.indb 2 11/16/11 3:52 PM Contents General Information................................iv Hotels and Meeting Rooms ......................... ix Listing of Advertisers and Exhibitors ...............xxvii Allied Social Science Associations ..................xxx Summary of Sessions by Organization ............. xxxiii Daily Program of Events ............................1 Program of Sessions Thursday, January 5 .........................27 Friday, January 6 ...........................28 Saturday, January 7 ........................140 Sunday, January 8 .........................249 Subject Area Index...............................324 Index of Participants . -
November 2012
1 November 17, 2017 CURRICULUM VITAE Lisa F. Saunders Associate Professor ADDRESS: Department of Economics University of Massachusetts 412 East Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 [email protected] (413) 545-0546 EDUCATION: 1987 Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1979 B.S., Business Administration, Old Dominion University PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: 1997-present Associate Professor, Department of Economics; University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 1987-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics; 1993-1994 Visiting Scholar and Post-Doctoral Roy Wilkins Fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota 1991-1992 Visiting Professor and Post-Doctoral Ford Fellow, Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Economics, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Summer 1984 Research Assistant, U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors, National Income Division Summer 1983 Research Assistant, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Economic Research Division REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES: 2017 “Rational Choice, Independent Utility and the Inclusive Classroom,” (forthcoming), International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. 2012 “Employment and Earnings: A Case Study of Detroit,” Review of Black Political Economy, March 2012. 2001 “Racial Differences in Transportation Access to Employment in Chicago and Los Angeles,” (with Chanjin Chung and Samuel Myers) American Economic Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, May 2001. 1996 “The Effect of Commute Time on Racial Earnings Inequality." (with Samuel L. Myers, Jr.) Applied Economics, Vol. 28, pp. 1339-1343. 1996 "Why do African American Men Earn Less? Earnings Inequality in Economic Theory and Policy." Organization: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Organization, Theory and Society, Vol. 3, No. 4, November, pp. 510-519. 2 1995 "Regional and Industrial Patterns in the Relative Earnings of Black Men and White Men, 1979-1989." Monthly Labor Review, Vol. -
PAULA ENGLAND [email protected]
6-25-2021 PAULA ENGLAND [email protected] ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2021- Dean of Social Sciences, NYU Abu Dhabi (from September 2021) 2011- Professor of Sociology, New York University. With tenure. 2020- Affiliate, Center for Applied Social and Economic Research, NYU Shanghai. 2019- Chair, Department of Sociology, NYU 2016- Silver Professor of Arts and Sciences. 2011- Affiliated Faculty, NYU Abu Dhabi. 2010-11 Visiting Professor of Sociology, New York University. 2004-11 Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. With tenure. Affiliate, Clayman Institute for Gender Research. 2002-2004 Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. With tenure. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research. 1999- 2001 Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. With tenure. Research Associate, Population Studies Center. 2000-2001 Director, Women’s Studies Program and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Pennsylvania. 1990-1999 Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona. With tenure. Affiliate, Women's Studies. 1975-1989 Assistant (1975-1980), Associate (with tenure) (1980-1988), and Full (1988-89) Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, University of Texas-Dallas. EDUCATION 1975 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Sociology 1972 M.A. University of Chicago, Social Sciences 1971 B.A. Whitman College, Sociology & Psychology Paula England 2 June 25, 2021 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Gender Inequality in the Family and the Labor Market; Changing Family Patterns; Sexualities; Contraception and Fertility; Interdisciplinary -
Economía Feminista Que Confrontan El Pensamiento Económico Convencional
1 Aportes al debate del desarrollo en América Latina desde una perspectiva feminista 2 Aportes al debate del desarrollo en América Latina. Una perspectiva feminista. Norma Sanchís (Compiladora) 3 Aportes al debate del desarrollo en América Latina desde una perspectiva feminista Aportes al debate del desarrollo en América Latina. Una perspectiva feminista. Compilación: Norma Sanchís Edición: María del Pilar Foti Diseño tapa e interior: Ignacio Desuk Impresión: Taller Gráfico RAFF Buenos Aires, 2011 Red de Género y Comercio www.generoycomercio.org Esta publicación forma parte de un proyecto más amplio que contó con el auspicio de ONU Mujeres. 4 Indice Presentación Pág. 5 I. Los aportes desde la economía feminista que confrontan el pensamiento económico convencional. Perspectivas renovadoras de la relación mercado-cuidado. Pág. 7 Economía feminista: enfoques y propuestas. Alma Espino Pág. 8 La Economía del cuidado: un recorrido conceptual. Valeria Esquivel Pág. 20 II. Contribuciones de la teoría feminista al debate sobre el desarrollo en América Latina. Reducción de la pobreza y las desigualdades con un enfoque de género. Pág. 31 ¿América Latina: Desarrollo con in-equidad social y de género? Norma Sanchís Pág. 32 Elementos de un análisis feminista de las políticas contra la pobreza y las desigualdades en América Latina. Corina Rodríguez Enríquez Pág. 45 Crisis y modelo de crecimiento: el lugar del orden de género en el orden económico. Alison Vásconez Rodríguez. Pág. 58 Modalidades de inserción en la economía mundial, globalización y género. Contribuciones desde la economía feminista. Silvia Berger Pág. 75 III. Políticas económicas en América Latina y el Caribe en perspectiva feminista: liberalización financiera y comercial, políticas fiscales, presupuestos con enfoque de género. -
Allied Social Science Associations Program
ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS PROGRAM San Diego, CA January 4–6, 2013 Contract negotiations, management and meeting arrangements for ASSA meetings are conducted by the American Economic Association. Participants should be aware that the media has open access to all sessions and events at the meetings. i Thanks to the 2013 American Economic Association Program Committee Members Nicholas Barberis Stefano DellaVigna Kathryn Dominguez Erica Field Don Fullerton Claudia Goldin Mikhail Golosov Gordon Hanson James Hines Seema Jayachandran Anil Kashyap Larry Katz Rosa Matzkin Chris Paxson Nancy Rose Bruce Sacerdote David Weil Justin Wolfers Cover Art—“San Diego, Distant Skyline” by Kevin E. Cahill Oil Pastel and ( Colored Pencil, 15 x 14 . Kevin is a research economist with the Sloan ″ ″ ) Center on Aging and Work at Boston College and a managing director at ECONorthwest in Boise, ID. Kevin invites you to visit his personal website at www.kcahillstudios.com. ii Contents General Information................................iv ASSA Hotels .................................... ix Listing of Advertisers and Exhibitors ............... xxiii ASSA Executive Officers..........................xxv Summary of Sessions by Organization .............. xviii Daily Program of Events ............................1 Program of Sessions Thursday, January 3 .........................27 Friday, January 4 ...........................28 Saturday, January 5 ........................138 Sunday, January 6 .........................252 Subject Area Index...............................329 Index of Participants . 332 iii General Information PROGRAM SCHEDULES A listing of sessions where papers will be presented and another covering activities such as business meetings and receptions are provided in this program. Admittance is limited to those wearing badges. Each listing is arranged chronologically by date and time of the activity; the hotel and room location for each session and function are indicated. -
International Association for Feminist Economics
International Association for Feminist Economics 2010 Annual Report IAFFE2010 ANNUANNUAALL RREEPOPORRTT 2010 A vision, a promise… providing a space for research-based activism Can feminism find a home in economics? This question, the theme of a session at the 1990 American Eco- nomics Association annual conference, drew so much interest that the eager audience spilled into a nearby hallway. Within months, the enthusiasm generated at this early gathering of researchers in the then-fledgling field of feminist economics led to the creation of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). From those vibrant beginnings, IAFFE has evolved into an open, supportive, and truly diverse community of nearly 600 academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. IAFFE’s purposes include not just advancing feminist inquiry globally but also helping to expand opportunities for women within the field of economics – especially for women from underrepresented groups, the Global South, and transition economies. IAFFE aims high: it seeks to promote interaction among researchers, activists, and policy-makers to the end of creating better analytical frameworks, better policy, better scholarship, and more effective, research-based activism. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspec- tives and advance gender-based research on contemporary economics issues. The working version of IAFFE’s mission statement, below, captures these objectives. IAFFE The International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world.