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- Gender dimensions of intellectual property and traditional medicinal knowledge
- ( H. Gibb / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2007)
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What roles do women, particularly indigenous women, play as custodians of traditional knowledge (TK) and as consumers and producers of traditional medicines? What is being protected by intellectual...
- Determinants of wage differentials in the maquila industry in Mexico: a gender perspective
- ( F. Brown;L. Domínguez / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2007)
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The off-shore industry located in the Mexico-United States border region commonly referred as the maquila industry has been highly dynamic. This paper provides a brief overview of how employment an...
- The efficiency of gender equity in economic growth: neoclassical and feminist approaches
- ( E. Braunstein / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2007)
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This paper critically discusses neoclassical and feminist challenges to standard neoclassical approaches to institutions by focusing on analyses of the role of gender equity in economic growth. It ...
- Divorced, separated and widowed female workers in rural Mozambique
- ( J. Sender; C. Oya / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2007)
- Why are a high proportion of female wageworkers in rural Mozambique divorced, separated or widowed? This paper explores the factors underlying this difference and establishes a significant relationshi...
- The impact of gender stereotypes on economic growth
- ( A. Boschini / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- What are the macroeconomic repercussions of different educational subject choices made by girls and boys, particularly at university level? This paper suggests that such choices can skew ways in which...
- Unsettling masculinity in the Caribbean: facing a future without guarantees
- ( L. Lewis / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- In this article the author calls the concept of masculinity into question and seeks to destabilise certain traditional meanings and understandings of masculinity. The author proposes the following que...
- Plus ca change? Evidence on global trends in gender norms and stereotypes
- ( S. Stephanie / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- This paper assesses the relationship between women’s economic activity and macroeconomic variables on trends in gender norms and stereotypes. The author argues that increases in women’s economic empow...
- International trade and gender wage discrimination: evidence from East Asia
- ( G. Berik; Y.v. Rodgers; J.E. Zveglich / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- According to neoclassical theory, competitive forces from international trade should increase the demand for relatively abundant, lower-skilled labour and thereby eventually eliminate discriminatory p...
- Gender bias and central bank policy: employment and inflation reduction
- ( E. Braunstein; J. Heintz / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- Central banks in developing countries are increasingly turning to maintaining a low inflation rate as the central target of monetary policy, without much consideration for how these policies impact th...
- Globalization, gender and work in the context of economic transition: the case of Vietnam
- ( N. Kabeer; T. Thi Van Anh / The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics , 2006)
- This working paper assesses the gender and poverty implications of women’s incorporation into the garment industry in Vietnam, which has not only grown rapidly in the country’s transition to a market ...
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