Announcing a call for a papers for a special issue on Gendering the Debt Crisis: Feminist Political Economy Perspectives on Debt and the Global South. Proposals are due August 15! bit.ly/RFEC

Thomas Scheiding shows how a committee of women economists in the AEA played an important role in the establishment, legitimization, and broader acceptance of a job vacancy publication that helped to further empower women and other marginalized economists. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Susana Martínez-Rodríguez & Laura Lopez-Gomez find that women had a significant presence as shareholders in early-twentieth century Spanish financial corporations, with a case that highlights effective strategies for promoting women’s financial inclusion. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dorota Szelewa and Michał Polakowski trace the evolution of childcare policies across nine EU countries during recession, showing that despite austerity measures, policies usually remained stable over time and tended to promote gender equality in care. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Proposals are due in 2 weeks! See our call for papers for a special issue on Gendering the Debt Crisis: Feminist Political Economy Perspectives on Debt and the Global South. bit.ly/RFEC

Our July issue is now online! tandfonline.com/toc/rfec20/29/…

Deadline extended to August 30! Please see our call for papers for a special issue on Gendering the Debt Crisis: Feminist Political Economy Perspectives bit.ly/RFEC

Astrid Agenjo-Calderón examines the “sustainability of life” approach, highlighting its non-Eurocentric and intersectional perspective and vision for constructing an economy that is feminist, plural, and inclusive. Now online: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Announcing a call for papers for a special issue on Expanding LGBTI Economic Development and Empowerment. The deadline for abstracts is September 20. A link to the call for papers with more information on how to submit a proposal will be posted soon!

Feminist Economics invites you to a webinar tomorrow, September 7 at 9am ET, to learn about our new call for a special issue on Expanding LGBTI Economic Development and Empowerment. The webinar can be accessed at: umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/91397341874#….

See our call for papers for a special issue on Expanding LGBTI Economic Development and Empowerment. Abstracts are due September 20! bit.ly/_RFEC

Abstracts are due tomorrow! Please see our call for papers for a special issue on Expanding LGBTI Economic Development and Empowerment bit.ly/_RFEC

Ana Tribin, Karen Andrea García-Rojas, Paula Herrera-Idarraga, Leonardo Fabio Morales & Natalia Ramirez-Bustamante show how women lost status in the labor market, more than men, during the COVID-19 crisis in Colombia. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ishaan Bansal & Kanika Mahajan show how women’s labor is used as insurance during low-income periods by poorer households in a study of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Now online: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Sarah F. Small examines the relationship between unpaid housework and business ownership with a focus on Black and White couples in the US, showing how race and gender hierarchies allow White men more resources in entrepreneurship. Now online! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Lisa Hanzl & Miriam Rehm find that mothers reduced work hours more than fathers when schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria – and increased time spent on childcare, while fathers reduced theirs. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Bram De Rock & Guillaume Périlleux examine household division of work and life satisfaction in Belgium, finding that women favor an equal sharing of paid and unpaid work, while men are more satisfied when undertaking more paid work than their partner. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Anil Duman reveals the disproportionate impact of temporary and informal employment on women’s earnings in Turkey, showing that employment type can be a contributing factor to the gender pay gap, particularly for low wage groups. Now online: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Lara Maestripieri shows how in dualized and fully liberalized European countries, women’s involuntary part-time work threatens households’ economic security. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Hope Xu Yan, Sonalde Desai & Debasis Barik show that in Indian households, landownership is associated with higher decision-making power for older men but not for older women, unless they have established titles to the land or managerial control. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…