Feminist economics information

Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis.^[1] Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners.^[1] Much feminist economic research focuses on topics that have been neglected in the field, such as care work, intimate partner violence, or on economic theories which could be improved through better incorporation of gendered effects and interactions, such as between paid and unpaid sectors of economies.^[2] Other feminist scholars have engaged in new forms of data collection and measurement such as the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), and more gender-aware theories such as the capabilities approach.^[3] Feminist economics is oriented towards the goal of "enhancing the well-being of children, women, and men in local, national, and transnational communities."^[1]

Feminist economists call attention to the social constructions of traditional economics, questioning the extent to which it is positive and objective, and showing how its models and methods are biased by an exclusive attention to masculine-associated topics and a one-sided favoring of masculine-associated assumptions and methods.^[4]^[5] While economics traditionally focused on markets and masculine-associated ideas of autonomy, abstraction and logic, feminist economists call for a fuller exploration of economic life, including such "culturally feminine" topics such as family economics, and examining the importance of connections, concreteness, and emotion in explaining economic phenomena.^[4]

Many scholars including Ester Boserup, Marianne Ferber, Drucilla K. Barker, Julie A. Nelson, Marilyn Waring, Nancy Folbre, Diane Elson, Barbara Bergmann and Ailsa McKay have contributed to feminist economics. Waring's 1988 book If Women Counted is often regarded as the "founding document" of the discipline.^[6]^[7] By the 1990s feminist economics had become sufficiently recognised as an established subfield within economics to generate book and article publication opportunities for its practitioners.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c "IAFFE - Mission Statement". www.iaffe.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
^ Feminist economics. Benería, Lourdes., May, Ann Mari, 1956-, Strassmann, Diana Louise. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2011. ISBN 9781843765684. OCLC 436265344.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Benería, Lourdes; May, Ann Mari; Strassmann, Diana L. (2009). "Introduction". Feminist Economics: Volume 1. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781843765684. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27.
^ ^a ^b Ferber, Marianne A.; Nelson, Julie A. (2003). "Beyond Economic Man, Ten Years Later". Feminist Economics Today: Beyond Economic Man. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. pp. 1–32. ISBN 978-0-226-24206-4.
^ Nelson, Julie A. (Spring 1995). "Feminism and Economics". The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 9 (2): 131–148. doi:10.1257/jep.9.2.131. JSTOR 2138170.
^ Langeland, Terje (18 June 2013). "Women Unaccounted for in Global Economy Proves Waring Influence". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference Nelson2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference peterson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[IAFFE-1] "IAFFE - Mission Statement". www.iaffe.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

[2] Feminist economics. Benería, Lourdes., May, Ann Mari, 1956-, Strassmann, Diana Louise. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2011. ISBN 9781843765684. OCLC 436265344.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[intro-3] Benería, Lourdes; May, Ann Mari; Strassmann, Diana L. (2009). "Introduction". Feminist Economics: Volume 1. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781843765684. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27.

[beyond-4] Ferber, Marianne A.; Nelson, Julie A. (2003). "Beyond Economic Man, Ten Years Later". Feminist Economics Today: Beyond Economic Man. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. pp. 1–32. ISBN 978-0-226-24206-4.

[nelson1-5] Nelson, Julie A. (Spring 1995). "Feminism and Economics". The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 9 (2): 131–148. doi:10.1257/jep.9.2.131. JSTOR 2138170.

[6] Langeland, Terje (18 June 2013). "Women Unaccounted for in Global Economy Proves Waring Influence". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[Nelson2014-7] Cite error: The named reference Nelson2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[peterson-8] Cite error: The named reference peterson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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