by Francesc Bettio (Author)
List of tables vii
List of figures ix
List of contributors xi
Foreword xiii
PART1
Historical perspectives 1
1 The history of economic thought through gender lenses 3
MARIA CRISTINA MARCUZZO AND ANNALISA ROSSELLI
2 The historical construction of gender: reflections on gender
and economic history 21
PAT HUDSON
PART2
Theoretical developments 43
3 A gender-neutral approach to gender issues 45
ALESSANDRO CIGNO
4 The gender gap 57
GRACIELA CHICHILNISKY
5 Ghosts in the machine: a post Keynesian analysis of gender
relations, households and macroeconomics 77
A. HAROON AKRAM-LODHI AND LUCIA C. HANMER
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PART3
A fresh look at households 99
6 Conceptualizing care 101
NANCY FOLBRE
7 Gender and household decision-making 116
SHELLY LUNDBERG
PART4
Labour market debates 135
8 Gender differences across Europe 137
PETER DOLTON, OSCAR MARCENARO-GUTTIEREZ AND ALI SKALLI
9 Occupational segregation and gender wage disparities in
developed economies: should we still worry? 167
FRANCESCA BETTIO
10 The transition from a planned to a market economy: how are
women faring? 192
MARINA MALYSHEVA AND ALINA VERASHCHAGINA
PART5
Lessons from the laboratory 221
11 The gender gap: using the lab as a window on the market 223
CATHERINE ECKEL
12 The gender effect in the laboratory: experimenter bias
and altruism 243
ALESSANDRO INNOCENTI AND MARIA GRAZIA PAZIENZA
PART6
Institutions matter 265
13 Gender and the political economy of knowledge 267
ANN MARI MAY
Author index 286
General index 291