The Economics of Gender and Poverty

Catalog description

Analyzes economic issues pertaining to gender inequalities in developed and developing countries. In the development side, the focus is on the roots and current challenges of gender disparities. It also studies the main gender gaps present in the U.S. and other high-income countries, and the advances achieved in the last century. The intersection played between gender disparities and poverty is discussed, particularly as it pertains to welfare policies within and outside the U.S.