how taking gender seriously transforms macroeconomics
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Heintz, James
- Creator
- Cantillon, Sara > (forew.)
- Creator
- Elson, Diane > (forew.)
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2019
- Thesaurus
- economie, economische politiek, gelijke behandeling, genderbudgeting, gender mainstreaming, onbetaalde arbeid, onderzoek
- Description
- The author describes the shortcomings of macroeconomics that pay little attention to the role of gender in the economy and the implications of macro-level policies on gender equality. The book researches three areas: How and why macroeconomics policies affect women and men differently, considering both fiscal policy (government spending, taxation and borrowing) and monetary policy (interventions that affect the money supply, interest rates and exchange rates). These policies are gender blind rather than gender neutral, and can replicate and reinforce existing inequalities. Why the identification and measurement of the variables that form the basis of macroeconomics are incomplete and lead to poor policy choices. And how investments in human beings, including unpaid and non-market care, is not only important for recognizing women's (and men's) unpaid work, but affect the economy's prospects and women's and men's well-being across generations, and also fundamentally change how we think about macroeconomics.