The Social Content of Macroeconomic Policies

Elson, Diane

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(00)00021-8

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“…An abundance of literature dating back to the 1990s shows that economic policies are not gender-neutral: fiscal and monetary policies can have different impacts on men and women. For example, fiscal austerity resulting in cuts to public spending on health and other subsidies can lead to an intensification of women's unpaid work at home, as women try to compensate for cuts in social services (Deere et al 1990;Elson and Cagatay 2000;Floro 1995). …”

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Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development

Pickbourn

Ndikumana

2013

SSRN Journal

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While developing countries have made some progress in achieving human development since the turn of the century, many are still lagging behind in important human development goals such as education, health, nutrition and access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation. Moreover, gender equity remains a major challenge in most countries. In this paper, we examine the role that foreign aid plays in generating these outcomes, using panel data from OECD-DAC on the sectoral allocation of development aid, in conjunction with country-level data on public expenditures, human development outcomes and other economic, social and political indicators. Specifically, the paper attempts to assess whether the volume of aid and its sectoral allocation have an impact on human development outcomes and gender equity. We find that the impact of aid on many of the outcomes we study is …/

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development

Pickbourn

Ndikumana

2013

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“…23 Elson and Cagatay (2000) note also the trend to commodify state-based entitlements, with health, retirement and education pushed into the market realm, available primarily to those whose incomes are sufficient to cover the costs.…”

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Gender equity and globalization: macroeconomic policy for developing countries

Seguino

Grown

2006

J of Intl Development

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This paper reviews the evidence of gender effects of globalization in developing economies. It then outlines a set of macroeconomic and trade policies to promote gender equity in the distribution of resources. The evidence suggests that while liberalization has expanded women's access to employment, the long-term goal of transforming gender inequalities remains unmet and appears unattainable without regulation of capital, and a reorientation and expansion of the state's role in funding public goods and providing s a social safety net. This paper sets forth some general principles that can produce greater gender equality, premised on shifting economies from profit-led, export-oriented to wage-led, full-employment economies. The framework is Kaleckian in its focus on the relationship between the gender distribution of income and macroeconomic outcomes.

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“…Conceptual discussions of gender budgeting have highlighted the significance of constructing a "care tax" and analyse its co-movement along with other direct and indirect taxes (Elson 2000).…”

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Integrating Time in Public Policy: Empirical Description of Gender-Specific Outcomes and Budgeting

Chakraborty

2014

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The Social Content of Macroeconomic Policies

Cited by 258 publications

References 7 publications

Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development

Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development

Gender equity and globalization: macroeconomic policy for developing countries

Integrating Time in Public Policy: Empirical Description of Gender-Specific Outcomes and Budgeting

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