Macroeconomic policies and gender equality in Latin America: Assessing the gender impact of the global economic crisis
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| author | Valeria Esquivel Corina Rodriguez Enriquez |
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| contents | Macroeconomic policies and gender equality in Latin America: Assessing the gender impact of the global economic crisis Valeria Esquivel Corina Rodriguez Enriquez This chapter discusses the impact of the global economic crisis in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its gender implications. The negative impacts of the crisis, which began in late 2008 in United States and quickly spread worldwide, were heavily felt in Latin America, a region characterized by its external vulnerability, the limited diversification of its productive structures, and a large amount of economic inequality among which gender inequalities are quite significant. This chapter follows a feminist economics approach to macroeconomics, by tying the analysis of the crisis country-specific impacts and the public policy responses implemented with their social and gender implications. Argentina has explicitly departed from neoliberal policy since 2002, changing its exchange rate and fiscal policies and having a greater involvement of the state in the economy. Labour market policies that contribute to womens employment and to lowering gender wage gaps by increasing womens opportunities and access to income-generating activities can make a contribution in this sense. Routledge publication.bookChapter |
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| institution | Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) |
| publishDate | 2013 |
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| spellingShingle | Macroeconomic policies and gender equality in Latin America: Assessing the gender impact of the global economic crisis Valeria Esquivel Corina Rodriguez Enriquez Macroeconomic policies and gender equality in Latin America: Assessing the gender impact of the global economic crisis Valeria Esquivel Corina Rodriguez Enriquez This chapter discusses the impact of the global economic crisis in Latin America, with particular emphasis on its gender implications. The negative impacts of the crisis, which began in late 2008 in United States and quickly spread worldwide, were heavily felt in Latin America, a region characterized by its external vulnerability, the limited diversification of its productive structures, and a large amount of economic inequality among which gender inequalities are quite significant. This chapter follows a feminist economics approach to macroeconomics, by tying the analysis of the crisis country-specific impacts and the public policy responses implemented with their social and gender implications. Argentina has explicitly departed from neoliberal policy since 2002, changing its exchange rate and fiscal policies and having a greater involvement of the state in the economy. Labour market policies that contribute to womens employment and to lowering gender wage gaps by increasing womens opportunities and access to income-generating activities can make a contribution in this sense. Routledge publication.bookChapter |
| title | Macroeconomic policies and gender equality in Latin America: Assessing the gender impact of the global economic crisis |
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