Why do certain countries display high gender equalities while others display low gender
equalities? To what extent does gender equality foster economic growth and development …

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics
and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …

Recent research argues that discriminatory practices unduly inflated female excess mortality
during infancy and childhood in historical Europe. This article reviews the existing evidence …

Accounting for Oneself is a major new study of the social order in early modern England, as
viewed and articulated from the bottom up. Engaging with how people from across the social …

Despite recent progress, women are still disadvantaged by their greater domestic labor
commitments and impaired access to well-paid jobs; and, in extreme cases, denied the right …

What do people do all day? What did women and men do to make a living in early modern
Europe, and what did their work mean? As this book shows, the meanings depended both …

BACKGROUND The separate spheres, in which men dominate the public sphere of politics,
arts, media, and wage work and women dominate the private sphere of unpaid production …

This article uses the declarations of householders in the Cadaster of Ensenada (1750–5) to
calculate labour participation rates for women and men from 22 localities in inland Spain …

This article examines the connections between women's reproductive health, care
responsibilities, and the quality of work. The research suggests that the economic …

An important assertion of recent development economics is that the reduction of gender
inequality can promote economic growth, although it is more doubtful whether economic …