Gender

This research project investigates how gender and race affect the earnings of African American, Latina, and Asian American women in the United States over five decades, from 1970 to 2010.

The Role These Factors Play in Shaping Economic Knowledge and Behavior

What would it look like if women and other marginalized groups could fully participate in our economy and society?

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The YSI Working group on Gender and Economics invites young scholars to partake in their session at the ATGENDER spring conference

The YSI Gender and Economics Working Group will host a workshop during the pre-conference of the 27th IAFFE Annual Conference. Members of the Gender and Economics WG will also be welcomed to take part in the workshop and mentoring activities organized by IAFFE in the pre-conference.  

Stigmatizing and relegating an activity to the shadows doesn’t improve anyone’s welfare

Gay men earn 20% less than straight men, but gay women earn up to 20% more than straight women. Why?

The assumptions economists make in their models have implications not only for policymaking and choosing what data we collect, but also for the very definition of work, says Professor Maria Floro of American University. 

How austerity policies and microfinance can bankrupt rather than empower women. Professor Girón discusses why microfinance cannot replace development banks.

Professor Dutt discusses how group identity is key to addressing inequality and how inequality can disrupt group identity.

Pursuing equality while growing the economy requires reframing social spending as a form of investment.

Professor Marlene Kim provided a riveting picture, via her personal family history of the exploitation of the Asian-American working-class in California. She challenged the invisibility of Asian-Americans in discussions of race in America, and also focused on the double burden of discrimination borne by women of color.