Gender is recognized as a fundamental organizing principle for economic as well as social life, and related research has grown in the recent decades across branches of economics. This volume takes stock of this research, proposes novel analytical frameworks and outlines further research directions. It grew out of the Summer School of International Research of the University of Siena that traditionally brings together the most representative scholars in the chosen field. The essays cover recent advances in gender related issues across disciplinary branches, from Economic History and the History of Economic Thought to Macroeconomics, Household Economics, the Economics of Care Work, Labour Economics, Institutional and Experimental Economics.
Introductie van vrouwenstudies in de economie. Bestaat uit drie delen: de belangrijkste theorieën, overzicht van de economische positie van vrouwen en mannen in de praktijk, Europees beleid (met name op het gebied van positieve actie en comparable worth) om de positie van vrouwen te verbeteren. Bevat: New home economics: children and the labour market participation of women/ door Wunderink-van Veen: Feminist neo-classical economics: some examples/ door Gustafsson: Discrimination against women: a neo-institutionalist perspective/ door Krug: Atypical labour market relations in the European Union/ door Meulders, Plasman: European constants and national particularities: the position of women in the European Union labour market/ door Plantenga: Women in the South: diverse experiences of work in a unifying Europe/ door Vaiou, Stratigaki: Women in Central and Eastern Europe: a labour market in transition/ door Dijkstra: Equal opportunities in de European Union: theory and practice/ door Van Doorne-Huiskes: Comparable worth and equal pay policies in the European Union/ door De Bruijn.