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101 publications found, searching for 'Gender Equality and the Economy '

• Working Paper No. 921
  January 29, 2019

  Social Policy in Mexico and Argentina

  Martha Tepepa
  Abstract

  This paper is a comparison between two programs implemented to combat poverty in Latin America: Prospera (Prosper) in Mexico and Asignación Universal por Hijo (Universal Assignment for Child) in Argentina. The…more

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• Working Paper No. 920
  January 17, 2019

  Macroeconomic Policy Effectiveness and Inequality

  Lekha S. Chakraborty, Marian Ingrams, and Yadawendra Singh
  Abstract

  Gender budgeting is a fiscal approach that seeks to use a country’s national and/or local budget(s) to reduce inequality and promote economic growth and equitable development. While the literature has…more

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• Working Paper No. 899
  January 12, 2018

  Gender Pay Gaps in the Former Soviet Union: A Review of the Evidence

  Tamar Khitarishvili
  Abstract

  The goal of this paper is to examine the patterns and movements of the gender pay gaps in the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) and to place them…more

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• Policy Note No. 4
  November 09, 2017

  How Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals

  Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  The predominant framework for measuring poverty rests on an implicit assumption that everyone has enough time available to devote to household production or enough resources to compensate for deficits in…more

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• Working Paper No. 888
  April 20, 2017

  Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Time Use of Married and Cohabiting Parents during the Great Recession

  Ebru Kongar and Mark Price
  Abstract

  Using data from the 2003–14 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), this paper examines the relationship between the state unemployment rate and the time that opposite-sex couples with children spend on…more

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• Working Paper No. 884
  February 24, 2017

  Gendered Patterns of Time Use over the Life Cycle

  Ebru Kongar and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Using data from the 2006 Turkish Time-Use Survey, we examine gender differences in time allocation among married heterosexual couples over the life cycle. While we find large discrepancies in the…more

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• Working Paper No. 882
  January 13, 2017

  Investing in Social Care Infrastructure and Employment Generation

  Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
  Abstract

  This paper examines the aggregate and gender employment impact of expanding the early childhood care and preschool education (ECCPE) sector in Turkey and compares it to the expansion of the…more

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• Working Paper No. 880
  January 04, 2017

  The Great Recession and Racial Inequality

  Edward N. Wolff, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses…more

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• Working Paper No. 865
  May 05, 2016

  Measuring Poverty in the Case of Buenos Aires

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Valeria Esquivel
  Abstract

  We describe the production of estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and use it to analyze the incidence of time…more

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• Working Paper No. 859
  February 01, 2016

  The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and Measuring Gender Inequality

  Lekha S. Chakraborty and Bhavya Aggarwal
  Abstract

  Against the backdrop of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, this paper analyzes the measurement issues in gender-based indices constructed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and suggests…more

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• Working Paper No. 858
  January 12, 2016

  Gender Dimensions of Inequality in the Countries of Central Asia, South Caucasus, and Western CIS

  Tamar Khitarishvili
  Abstract

  The collapse of the Soviet Union initiated an unprecedented social and economic transformation of the successor countries and altered the gender balance in a region that counted gender equality as…more

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• One-Pager No. 50
  October 22, 2015

  A Public Investment Priority for Job Creation in Turkey

  Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
  Abstract

  This one-pager presents the key findings and policy recommendations of the research project report The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality, and Poverty: The…more

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• Research Project Report
  September 22, 2015

  The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality, and Poverty

  Kijong Kim, İpek Ilkkaracan, and Tolga Kaya
  Abstract

  Produced in partnership with the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and UN Women, this report examines the demand-side rationale for a public investment in the social care sector—specifically,…more

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• Working Paper No. 838
  May 28, 2015

  Unpaid Work and the Economy

  Indira Hirway
  Abstract

  Unpaid work, which falls outside of the national income accounts but within the general production boundary, is viewed as either “care” or as “work” by experts. This work is almost…more

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• Working Paper No. 838
  May 28, 2015

  Οικονομία και μη αμειβόμενη εργασία

  Indira Hirway
  Abstract

  Η μη αμειβόμενη εργασία, η οποία εμπίπτει εντός των γενικών ορίων παραγωγής, αλλά εκτός των λογαριασμών εθνικού εισοδήματος, θεωρείται από τους εμπειρογνώμονες είτε ως «φροντίδα» είτε ως «εργασία». Η μη…more

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• Research Project Report
  August 28, 2014

  The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty in Korea

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  This report presents findings from a joint project of the Levy Economics Institute and the Korea Employment Information Service, with the central objective of developing a measure of time and…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 136
  August 28, 2014

  Can Child-care Subsidies Reduce Poverty?

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  In partnership with the Korea Employment Information Service, Senior Scholar Ajit Zacharias and Research Scholars Thomas Masterson and Kijong Kim investigate the complex issues of gender, changing labor market conditions,…more

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• Working Paper No. 812
  August 01, 2014

  Time Use of Parents in the United States

  Günseli Berik and Ebru Kongar
  Abstract

  Feminist and institutionalist literature has challenged the “Mancession” narrative of the 2007–09 recession and produced nuanced and gender-aware analyses of the labor market and well-being outcomes of the recession. Using…more

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• Working Paper No. 806
  May 30, 2014

  The Great Recession and Unpaid Work Time in the United States

  Kijong Kim and Tamar Khitarishvili
  Abstract

  Poverty status is an important factor influencing household production and the unpaid work time associated with it due to the role of household production as a coping strategy in mitigating…more

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• Working Paper No. 797
  April 23, 2014

  Gender-responsive Budgeting as Fiscal Innovation

  Lekha S. Chakraborty
  Abstract

  Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is a fiscal innovation. Innovation, for the purposes of this paper, is defined as a way of transforming a new concept into tangible processes, resources, and institutional…more

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• Working Paper No. 793
  March 27, 2014

  Quality of Statistical Match and Employment Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for South Korea, 2009

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  The quality of match of the statistical match used in the LIMTIP estimates for South Korea in 2009 is described. The match combines the 2009 Korean Time Use Survey (KTUS…more

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• Working Paper No. 790
  March 05, 2014

  Changes in Global Trade Patterns and Women’s Employment in Manufacturing

  Emel Memiş, Burca Kizilirmak, Şirin Saraçoğlu, and Ebru Voyvoda
  Abstract

  The purpose of this study is to explore the employment effects of changes in manufacturing output resulting from shifting trade patterns over the period 1995–2006. For 30 countries (21 OECD…more

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• One-Pager No. 46
  February 12, 2014

  Φτώχεια χρόνου και κατανάλωσης στην Τουρκία

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Το Μέτρο Φτώχειας Χρόνου και Κατανάλωσης του Levy Institute (LIMTCP) είναι ένα δισδιάστατο μέτρο που λαμβάνει υπόψη τόσο τις απαραίτητες καταναλωτικές δαπάνες όσο και το χρόνο που απαιτείται από τα…more

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• One-Pager No. 46
  February 12, 2014

  Time and Consumption Poverty in Turkey

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  The Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) is a two-dimensional measure that takes into account both the necessary consumption expenditures and the household production time needed to…more

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