Mainstream economic analysis has traditionally overlooked gender. The individual-the basic category of analysis-was regarded as genderless. Neither gender discrimination nor segmentation and segregation within the labor market or within the household was present. Contributions from development theory, new household economics (NHE), labor economics, and feminist analysis have done much to change this. Focusing on gender equality-by which we mean equality in opportunity, inputs, and outcome-has yielded important insights for the growth and development of an economy. But we are still at the cusp. While there have been huge improvements in recognizing gender as an analytical category at the microeconomic level, the macroeconomic implications of gender equality remain undeveloped. Engendering macroeconomics is an important and valid research and policy area. Over the past three decades, economic development has generally affected women differently than men in the developing world. At the same time, gender relations have affected macroeconomic outcomes. This volume examines the research and policy implications of engendering macroeconomic policy.

Author: Nallari, Raj
Author: Griffith, Breda
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Gender and Macroeconomic Policy
Pages: 00184 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00186 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2011-01-05
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780821374344
Lib Category: Economic policy
Lib Category: Macroeconomics
Category: Social Science : Gender Studies