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Feminist Economic Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic by Kabeer, Naila, Razavi, Shahra, van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana

“…This article provides a contextual framework for understanding the gendered dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic and its health, social, and economic outcomes…”
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Working and Caring at Home: Gender Differences in the Effects of Covid-19 on Paid and Unpaid Labor in Australia by Craig, Lyn, Churchill, Brendan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused working from home to spike abruptly, creating a unique spatial organization of paid and unpaid work that was not so different for…”
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Hidden Abodes in Plain Sight: the Social Reproduction of Households and Labor in the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stevano, Sara, Mezzadri, Alessandra, Lombardozzi, Lorena, Bargawi, Hannah

“…This article deploys a feminist political economy approach centered on social reproduction to analyze the reconfiguration and regeneration of multiple…”
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Drivers of Gendered Sectoral and Occupational Segregation in Developing Countries by Borrowman, Mary, Klasen, Stephan

“…Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent and a major contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of…”
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Leading the Fight Against the Pandemic: Does Gender Really Matter? by Garikipati, Supriya, Kambhampati, Uma

“…Since the start of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the relationship between national women leaders and their effectiveness in handling the COVID-19 crisis…”
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Exploring Women's Agency and Empowerment in Developing Countries: Where do we stand? by Hanmer, Lucia, Klugman, Jeni

“…While central notions around agency are well established in academic literature, progress on the empirical front has faced major challenges around developing…”
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The Early Impact of Covid-19 on Job Losses among Black Women in the United States by Holder, Michelle, Jones, Janelle, Masterson, Thomas

“…Given that a high proportion of workers in "essential" sectors of the US economy are Black women, this paper seeks to answer the following: in which…”
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Transformations in the Gender Gaps in Paid and Unpaid Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Turkey by İlkkaracan, İpek, Memiş, Emel

“…This paper uses a unique survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey to analyze men's and women's time use under lockdown. The study finds that…”
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Commoning Care: Feminist Degrowth Visions for a Socio-Ecological Transformation by Dengler, Corinna, Lang, Miriam

“…This paper addresses the question of how to organize care in degrowth societies that call for social and ecological sustainability, as well as gender and…”
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Gender Equality, Economic Growth, and Women's Agency: the "Endless Variety" and "Monotonous Similarity" of Patriarchal Constraints by Kabeer, Naila

“…Macroeconometric studies generally find fairly robust evidence that gender equality has a positive impact on economic growth, but reverse findings relating to…”
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Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific: Early Evidence on Deepening Socioeconomic Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work by Seck, Papa A., Encarnacion, Jessamyn O., Tinonin, Cecilia, Duerto-Valero, Sara

“…Using data from Rapid Gender Assessment Surveys investigating the socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19 on women's and men's lives, this study assesses…”
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Engendering Macroeconomic Theory and Policy by Seguino, Stephanie

“…Over the past two decades, economists have turned their attention to exploring the role of gender in the macroeconomy. This paper reviews the salient findings…”
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Economic Development and Women's Labor Force Participation in India by Lahoti, Rahul, Swaminathan, Hema

“…India has experienced steady economic growth over the last two decades alongside a persistent decline in women's labor force participation (LFPR). This paper…”
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COVID-19 and the Pivotal role of Grandparents: Childcare and income Support in the UK and South Africa by Cantillon, Sara, Moore, Elena, Teasdale, Nina

“…The COVID-19 global crisis and the "stay-home" response taken by most governments has starkly exposed the dependence of formal economies on the invisible and…”
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Measuring Women's Agency by Donald, Aletheia, Koolwal, Gayatri, Annan, Jeannie, Falb, Kathryn, Goldstein, Markus

“…Improving women's agency, namely their ability to define goals and act on them, is crucial for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women. Yet,…”
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Gender Norms and the Economy: Insights from Social Research by Pearse, Rebecca, Connell, Raewyn

“…Feminist economics has taken up the concept of gender norms, most commonly conceived as a constraint on women's voice and gender equality. This contribution…”
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Social Norms and Gender Differences in Labor Force Participation in China by Xiao, Saizi, Asadullah, M. Niaz

“…Since China's transition to a socialist market system, women's labor force participation has declined sharply. Using data from the Chinese General Social…”
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Essential Workers and Care Penalties in the United States by Folbre, Nancy, Gautham, Leila, Smith, Kristin

“…The new category of workers officially labeled "essential" in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States includes a large percentage of…”
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Voice and Agency: Where Are We Now? by Gammage, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila, van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana

“…This article examines how scholarship in feminist economics has developed and used evolving definitions of voice and agency, analyzing their expressions in the…”
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A Care-Led Recovery From Covid-19: Investing in High-Quality Care to Stimulate And Rebalance The Economy by De Henau, Jérôme, Himmelweit, Susan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has both devastated employment prospects, particularly of women, and exposed the longstanding neglect of care systems and poor employment…”
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