the role of fiscal policies
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Fabrizio, Stefania
- Creator
- Fruttero, Anna
- Creator
- Gurara, Daniel
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Tchelishvili, Nino
- Publish Year
- 2020
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- arbeidsparticipatie, genderbudgeting, belastingen, gelijke beloning, voorzieningen, armoede, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw, statistiek
- Description
- Discussion note on the effects of gender-responsive fiscal policies on women’s labor participation in the last three decades. It also explores how these policies affect gender wage gaps, economic growth, income inequality and poverty in both advanced economies and low-income countries. For advanced economies, it focuses on for example reducing the cost of childcare and providing publicly financed maternity leave. For low-income countries, the note considers the impact of investing in education, providing cash transfers to poor women in the labor force and investing in infrastructure. Results show that gender-responsive fiscal policies can support female labor force participation and have important macroeconomic effects.