The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

The publication of this book is in large part due to the role of Canada's Inter national
Development Research Center (IDRC) in encouraging policy-relevant research in the fields …

Recent work has shown that the gender gap in income poverty has widened in post-
apartheid South Africa even though overall poverty levels have declined. One of the main …

Poverty is not a gender neutral condition as the number of poor women exceeds that
concerning men and women and men experience poverty in distinctive ways. This paper …

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We propose two different concepts of the feminization of poverty and analyze household
survey data to verify if there is an ongoing feminization of poverty in eight Latin American …

This paper draws on the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) microdata to paint a portrait of
child poverty across a diverse group of countries, as of 2004–2006. We will first synthesize …

Persistent inequalities between women and men in income, unpaid work, paid work and
other dimensions disadvantage women, undermine human rights and damage economic …

Feminist economics is uniquely situated at the intersection of economics, feminism, and
philosophy. Scholars are reconceptualizing what economics is, what methodologies are …

Understanding gendered adaptation practices among smallholder cocoa farmers is crucial
to ensuring sustainable cocoa production in Ghana. This study examined the gendered …