1st Edition

Gender Inequality in the Global Labor Market A Feminist Economics Approach

264 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines gender inequality from the perspective of feminist economics, with empirical application, across different countries such as Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and territories within Europe. It centers on topics such as labor participation, occupational segregation, feminization of poverty and migration, wage differentials, changes in... Read more

List of figures and tables

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

1 The machismo of labor market categories: A critical analysis from the perspective of feminist economics

NATALIA ESCOBAR VÁQUIRO

2 Gender-differentiated labor market insertion and domestic responsibilities: Mexico 2022

KARINA JAZMÍN GARCÍA BERMÚDEZ, REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, AND VICENTE GERMÁN SOTO

3 The wage penalty for women with children in the Turkish labor market

SELÇUK GEMICIOĞLU AND EMEL MEMIŞ

4 The time used at home during pre-pandemic and post-lockdown periods: Analyzing its differential influence on the probability of access to quality jobs between women and men in Argentina

MÓNICA JIMÉNEZ MARTÍNEZ AND MARIBEL JIMÉNEZ MARTÍNEZ

5 Collective bargaining and gender wage gaps in Uruguay: Has equality won?

PAOLA AZAR AND SOLEDAD SALVADOR

6 Feminized, racialized and precarious work in digital care platforms: A feminist political economy analysis

PAULA RODRÍGUEZ-MODROÑO, ASTRID AGENJO-CALDERÓN, AND PURIFICACIÓN LÓPEZ-IGUAL

7 Women’s labor-supply adjustment to the COVID-19 shock: An intersectional analysis

OZGE OZAY AND ARMAGAN GEZICI

8 Household headship, gender and food security in Costa Rica

EYLEEN ALFARO PORRAS, REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, AND DAVID CASTRO LUGO

9 Gender wage inequality among Latin American immigrants in the United States

REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ AND LILIANA MEZA GONZÁLEZ

10 An augmented gender inequality index for Mexico 2005–2020: Any progress?

VICENTE GERMÁN-SOTO

Index

Biography

Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico.

David Castro Lugo is Professor of Economics at the Center for Socioeconomic Research at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico.