64 sessions, 205 papers

IAFFE 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Complete List of All Sessions

  

Session 1: GEM-IWG: The Global Crisis from a Gender Perspective: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session type: contributed
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Explaining the Global Economic Crisis from Gender, Equity and Financial Imbalances
Presented by: Manuel Montes, United Nations

  

Session 2: Women's Asset Accumulation: International Insights
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Cheryl Doss, Yale University
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: D31, k36,
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
A Life Cycle Analysis of Women and Asset Accumulation: The Case of Ecuador
JEL codes: D31; J12; K36;
Presented by: Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida
Discussant: Maria Floro, American University
Asset Accumulation Among Matrilineal and Patrilineal Communities: A Case Study of Coastal Karnataka
Presented by: Hema Swaminathan,
Discussant: Caren Grown, American University
Asset Accumulation by Women in Ghana: Understanding the Process
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Presented by: Abena Oduro, University of Ghana
Discussant: Caren Grown, American University
Household headship, gender, marital status and homeownership: Thailand, 1988-2004
Presented by: Malee Sunpuwan, Mahidol Uiversity

  

Session 3: Crisis and Conciliation: Unpaid Work in the Americas
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Francisca Pereyra, Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento
Session type: contributed
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Conditional Cash Transfers and Time Poverty: An Example from Guatemala
JEL codes: B54, I32
Presented by: Sarah Gammage, ILO
Care economy in Jalisco. What local student make?
Presented by: Ana vega, U DE G
Global crisis, public policies and women´s work: the case of Argentina / La crisis global, las políticas públicas y el trabajo de las mujeres: el caso de Argentina
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Presented by: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Políticas públicas y nuevas fronteras entre el trabajo productivo y reproductivo
Presented by: Maria elena Valenzuela, ILO

  

Session 4: Social policies and children
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, University of Minnesota
Session type: contributed
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Parental Childcare in the City of Buenos Aires. An Analysis of Childcare Types and Determinants
JEL codes: D13 J13 J16
Presented by: Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
The Social Organization of Childcare in the City of Buenos Aires
Presented by: Eleonor Faur, UNFPA
Fiscal policies, social policies and child wellbeing
Presented by: Enrique Delamonica, UNICEF
Father, mother and human capital investment in children: empirical evidence from 5 big cities of China
Presented by: Liangshu Qi, Tsinghua University
Parental education, gender preferences and child nutritional status: evidence from four developing countries
Presented by: Rafael Novella, University of Essex

  

Session 5: The Solidarity/Solidarity Economy Framework as a Development Strategy for Women
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Joo Yeoun Suh, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: O
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Solidarity Economy from the Perspective of Women Homebased Workers in Southeast Asia: The Alternative to the Economics of Empire?
Presented by: Rosalinda Ofreneo, University of the Philippines
Providing health insurance for poor women: the example of the health care mutual benefit society, Wer-Werle, of Senegal
Presented by: Aissata Dia, ACEFE
Social Economy and Gender: towards global crisis.
Presented by: Mercedes Caracciolo, Universidad Nacional de San Martin

  

Session 6: Labor Dynamics and Women's Careers
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Semsa Ozar, Bogazici University
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Women's tentative aspirations for promotion to the professoriate in Australia - a case of reluctance or realism?
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JEL codes: J70
Presented by: Joanne Pyke, Victoria University
Problematazing Gender Relations in an Organization with Diversity Policy
Presented by: Mariana Paludi, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmient
Gender differences in wage returns to tenure and experience: evidence from Korea case
Presented by: Kwang Ho Woo, Sungkyunkwan University

  

Session 7: Global Crisis, Gender and the Environment
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Joyce Jacobsen, Wesleyan University
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Once water becomes a commodity: the relation between water privatization and in-house reproduction in turkey
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Presented by: ECE KOCABICAK, MARMARA UNIVERSITY
Task of tribal women in pastoral economy and ecology of eastern Himalayas: A case study on Bhutanese Brokpas
Presented by: Dipayan Dey, South Asian Forum for Environment
GENDER AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE:A plus or minus for gender equality in Nigeria?
Presented by: Janet Olusi, Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy

  

Session 8: Feminist Perspectives on Women's NGOs and Political Representation
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga, Makerere University
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Diversity and Unity of Feminist Movement in Nepal
Presented by: Meena Acharya, Tanka Prasad Acharya Memorial Foundation
‘Following the money’ to gender equality: The role of non-governmental organisations in Timor-Leste'
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Presented by: Monica Costa, University of South Australia
Measures of Well-Being and Women's Parliamentary Respresentation in sub-Saharan Africa
Presented by: Linda Lucas, University of South Florida
“Managing Gender: Identity Formation in a Palestinian Grassroots Organization”
Presented by: Tahreer Araj, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  

Session 9: Entrepreneurial Women and the Formal and Informal Economy
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Alma Espino, CIEDUR-IGTN
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Women Go Underground: A Critical Study of Women Vendors in the Iranian Informal Economy
Presented by: Setareh Masoumbeiki, Foroogh Women's Documentation Center
Entrepreneural Women and Institutions in the Nigerian Fisheries : Case Study of Ibaka Fishing Community
Presented by: Ekaete Udong, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria/ PhD Student, Wageningen University
Explaining Female Labour Force Participation: The Case of Kenya’s Informal Sector and the Effect of the Economic Crisis
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Presented by: Rosemary Atieno, University of Nairobi

  

Session 10: Recent Research on Gender and Assets
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Caren Grown, American University
Session type: contributed
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Property rights and household income diversification in rural Malawi
Presented by: Marya Hillesland, American University
Discussant: Abena Oduro, University of Ghana
Women's Access to Land and other Assets in Uganda
Presented by: Cheryl Doss, Yale University
Discussant: Abena Oduro, University of Ghana
Joint Homeownership in Ecuador
Presented by: Jennifer Twyman, University of Florida
Discussant: Cheryl Doss, Yale University

  

Session 11: Fiscal Policies and Gender Equalities: Insights from case studies in Iberoamerica
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session type: contributed
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Gender Equality and Fiscal Policies
JEL codes: H, K
Presented by: Maria Pazos-Morán, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales
Discussant: Caren Grown, American University
Gender Equality and Fiscal Policy in Spain
Presented by: Carmen Castro, University Complutense of Madrid
Discussant: Raquel Coello, UNIFEM
Implicit and explicit gender biases in social transfers and personal tax systems in Ecuador
Presented by: Alison Vasconez, CIGENERO
Fiscal Policy and Gender Equity: The case of cash transfers and personal income tax in Chile / Fiscalidad y Equidad de Género: El caso de las transferencias monetarias y el impuesto a la renta en Chile
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Presented by: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp

  

Session 12: Gender and Trade
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Diane Elson, University of Essex
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Offshore empires : breaking down the breakthrough hype
JEL codes: F50
Presented by: Bronwyn Winter, University of Sydney
Trade liberalisation episodes and Female Headed Households in a small island open economy: Binary Choice Models
Presented by: Taruna Ramessur, University of Technology Mauritius
The Gender Implications of Trade Liberalization: The Case of South America
Presented by: Vivianne Ventura-Dias, UFSC/LATN

  

Session 13: Gender and Empowerment
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Jean Shackelford, Bucknell University
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Moving Out of Poverty and Women's Empowerment in Uganda
JEL codes: I32,J16,J2,D63
Presented by: Emcet Tas, American University
Comparing two student cohorts on their attitudes to the rights of working women
Presented by: Cynthia Patel, University of KwaZulu-Natal

  

Session 14: Gender, Labor Markets, and Wages
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Cristina Carrasco, University of Barcelona
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Employment Trends among Women and Men University Graduates:The case of Argentina´s Urban Labour Market
Presented by: LIDIA HELLER, Lawoman-network
Identification of wage gaps in Panama: 2001-2009
Presented by: Rosa Arrocha, Universidad de Panamá

  

Session 15: Gender and Poverty
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts Boston
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Surviving Argentina’s Recent Economic Crisis: Gendered Patterns of Participation Within the Trueque Movement
Presented by: Francisca Pereyra, Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento
Political Economy of Gender dimensions of poverty-livelihood-growth strategies in developing economies
Presented by: Ishita Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta University
Food Security, Gender and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households
Presented by: Ranjula Bali Swain, Uppsala University

  

Session 16: Economic Crisis, Paid and Unpaid Work
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Alicia Girón, UNAM
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
The economic valuation of unpaid work
Presented by: María Salvador, CIEDUR

  

Session 17: Gender and the Capability Approach
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Analyzing gender differences in children’s well-being and capabilities
JEL codes: J13, H52, J16
Presented by: Paula Rodriguez-Modrono, University Pablo de Olavide
Care and the capabilities approach
Presented by: Mary Leahy, Victoria University
Gender, money and capabilities
Presented by: Elisabetta Addis, University of Sassari (Sardinia) Italy

  

Session 18: Gender Dimensions of Social Policy
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Nata Duvvury, National University of Ireland, Galway
Session type: invited
Date: July 22, 2010
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Gender biass in the Spanish Pensions Systems: a review
JEL codes: J
Presented by: Maria Pazos-Morán, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales
Women´s Voluntary Work Contributions to Public Programs Dealing with Gender and Violence / Aportes del Trabajo Voluntario de Mujeres en Programas Públicos de Género y Violencia
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Presented by: Guillermo Peinado, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas UNR
Gender impact of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)
Presented by: Medialdea Bibiana, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales
STUDY ON A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CARE OF PEOPLE AND NATURE
Presented by: Paulina González, REPEM LAC

  

Session 19: Gender, Finance and Banking
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Abena Oduro, University of Ghana
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
If women had run the financial sector – wouldn’t we have had this crisis?
JEL codes: B40; B54; G11
Presented by: Irene van Staveren, ISS
Gender and the Fringe Banking Sector: A preliminary analysis
Presented by: Hazel Jean Malapit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Regulating Financial Derivatives? The Ecuadorian Proposal for a Regional Financial Architecture and the Challenge of Financial Uncertainty
Presented by: Donatella Alessandrini, University of Canterbury, Kent

  

Session 20: Globalization and Paid Work
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Diane Elson, University of Essex
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Decent Work and Organisations of Women Homebased Workers in the Context of Global Crisis: Some Critical Notes from Turkey
Presented by: Dilek Hattatoglu, Mugla University
FROM NIMBLE FINGERS TO WHITE WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR: WOMEN WORKERS IN THE APPAREL SECTOR – A THREE DECADE (R)-EVOLUTION?
Presented by: Kanchana Ruwanpura, University of Southampton
Economic Transition and the Motherhood Wage Penalty in Urban China: Investigation Using Panel Data
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Presented by: Nan Jia, SWUFE

  

Session 21: Women, Migration and Labor Markets
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Indira Hirway, Centre for Development Alternatives
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Raining stones? Female immigrants in the Spanish Labor Market
JEL codes: J31, J71
Presented by: Jose Antón, Universidad de Salamanca
The Employment Status of Immigrant Women in Canada: Estimating Ethnicity and Length of Residence Effects from Census Data
Presented by: Najma Sharif, Saint Mary's University
Occupational Segregation of Immigrant Women in Spain
Presented by: Olga Alonso-Villar, Universidade de Vigo
Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Presented by: Fernando Lozano, Pomona College

  

Session 22: Gender and Social Reproduction
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Patricia Perkins, York University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Solidary, Social and Feminist Economies: Heterodox Responses to the Crisis of Reproduction in Latin America. Economías feminista, social y solidaria. Respuestas heterodoxas a la crisis de reproducción en América Latina
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JEL codes: B
Presented by: Natalia Quiroga Diaz, IDAES
Capitalist Production, Social Reproduction and Agrarian Livelihoods
Presented by: Sirisha Naidu, Wright State University
Oferta y demanda de servicios de cuidado infantil en Mar del Plata, ¿un freno a la inserción laboral de las mujeres?
Presented by: Romina Cutuli, Grupo de Estudios del Trabajo
Global financial crisis, earnings inequalities and gender. Towards a more sustainable model of development
Presented by: Diane Perrons, London School of Economics

  

Session 23: The Economic Crisis and Gendered Policy Responses
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: David Purdy, Democratic Left Scotland
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Gender implications of the conjuncture of the financial, food, and energy crises
Presented by: Rachel Elfenbein, Simon Fraser University
Women in the global economic crisis. The case of a male-chauvinist country: Italy
Presented by: Giovanna Vertova, University of Bergamo
Beyond Standard Aid and Development: Gender Aspect of Foreign Aid to Indonesia
Presented by: Chin-Ming Lin, Tamkang University

  

Session 24: The Global Crisis and Labor Markets: Differential Gender Effects
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Sheba Tejani, New School for Social Research
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Impact of World Economic Crises to Women Workers in the Informal Economy: A Feminist Rethinking on the Indonesian Women Home-based Workers in Development
JEL codes: YES
Presented by: Hesti Wijaya, Brawijaya University
Financial Crises Of Turkey and Gendered Employment Outcomes
Presented by: Ozge Izdes, University of Utah/ Kadir Has University/GEM-IWG
Global crisis and Argentine labor market: the differential impact between men and women
Presented by: Eugenio Actis Di Pasquale, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
GENDER IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALIZATION OF POVERTY REDUCTION IN UGANDA
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Presented by: Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga, Makerere University

  

Session 25: Determinants on Womens' and Men's Labor Participation
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Rosalinda Ofreneo, University of the Philippines
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Nickel and Dimed for Time: A Tale of Female Labour Behaviour in Nicaragua
Presented by: Ana Paula de la O Campos, Food and Agricultural Organization - UN
Who stays out of work?
Presented by: Cristina Santos, The Open University

  

Session 26: Rethinking Gender Equality Policies and Human Development
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Meena Acharya, Tanka Prasad Acharya Memorial Foundation
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Men's Issues in Economic and Social Development
JEL codes: O15; J12
Presented by: Joyce Jacobsen, Wesleyan University
A lot of talking but little action? The influence of gender equality policies on the state budget since the 1980s in Sweden.
Presented by: anita nyberg, Stockholm University
Los presupuestos sensibles al género como herramienta para la justicia de reconocimiento y redistribución: análisis de la experiencia venezolana/Gender-responsive budgets as a tool for justice of recognition and redistribution: the Venezuelan experience
Presented by: Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Universidad Central de Venezuela

  

Session 27: Gender, Power and Intra-household Bargaining
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Susan Himmelweit, Open University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 - 3:10
Intra-household bargaining power and child nutritional status in Madagascar
Presented by: Marit Widman, Swedish university of agricultural scien
Food Aid and Adult Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia
[slides]
Presented by: Nzinga Broussard, Claremont McKenna College
"Economies of Scale in Eastern European Developing Countries: Evidence from Harmonized European Time Use Survey"
Presented by: Joo Yeoun Suh, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  

Session 28: Gender, Migration and Care
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Lourdes Beneria,
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Domestic Labor, Global Migration, and Feminist Theory: Ethical and Methodological Challenges
Presented by: Meryl Altman, DePauw University
The care, migration, and employment nexus in Arab countries
Presented by: Simel Esim, ILO
Employment, migration and care: rethinking post-socialism and neo-liberalism in the context of the global economic crisis.
Presented by: Ania Plomien, London School of Economics

  

Session 29: Violence, Disaster and Women's Agency
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Peace Musiimenta, Makerere University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Conflict, Livelihood and Poverty in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Economic Analysis
Presented by: Rajith Lakshman, University of Colombo
WOMEN ECHOES: STOLEN WOMANHOOD
Presented by: Rahab Mbugua, Nairobi University

  

Session 30: Time Use, Households and Wellbeing
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Eldercare and Time Use Patterns of Midlife Women in Rural China
JEL codes: J14
Presented by: Xiao-yuan Dong, University of Winnipeg
Cross-national tradeoffs between mothers’ care-time and earnings: which policies make a difference?
Presented by: Jenny Chalmers, University of New South Wales
Are Gay People Happy?
Presented by: M.V. Lee Badgett, University of Mass, Amherst

  

Session 31: The Construction of Gender Inequality, and Change
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Meena Acharya, Tanka Prasad Acharya Memorial Foundation
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Women Economic Role in Muslim World
Presented by: Sofiya Zherebtchuk, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine
Gender inequalities in historical perspective in the Southern Cone
Presented by: Silvana Maubrigades, Social Science University
Poverty Alleviation and National Development in Nigeria Through Women Empowerment
Presented by: Afolabi Monsurat, Obafemi Awolowo University

  

Session 32: Gender, Fiscal Policy and Budgeting
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Tomilayo Adekanye, Kogi State University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Engendering Government Budgets For Development Of Smallholder Agriculture In Nigeria Through The Medium Term Expenditure Framework
JEL codes: H61
Presented by: Rosemary OKOH, Delta State University, Nigeria
The Political Economy of Women and Fiscal Policy in Spain and Canada: Gender-based analysis of tax, spending, and budgetary structures
Presented by: Paloma de Villota, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Gender incidence of income tax in Argentina
Presented by: dario Rossignolo, University of Buenos Aires

  

Session 33: Gender and Human Rights
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Maria Helen Dayo, University of the Philippines Los Banos
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Why Human Rights is Important to Asses Macro Economic Policy in the United States
JEL codes: E61
Presented by: Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College
Fiscal and Monetary Policy: The Right to Decent Work in Mexico
Presented by: Sarah Gammage, ILO
Trade Policy from a Human Rights Perspective-- The Case of NAFTA
Presented by: Diane Elson, University of Essex
The Impact of the Crisis on Women & Women’s Rights: Brief of the Results of the Cross-Regional Analysis
Presented by: Michele Knab Hasson, AWID

  

Session 34: Trade, Global Commodity Chains, and Gender
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
GENDER INEQUALITIES IN THE VALUE CHAIN OF EXPORT CROP PRODUCTION IN UGANDA: A CASE STUDY OF COCOA FARMERS IN BUNDIBUGYO DISTRICT
Presented by: Milly Tebusabwa, CEEWA - Uganda
International Trade and Gender Wage Gap: A Distributional Analysis for Turkey
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Presented by: Nursel Aydiner Avsar, University of Utah

  

Session 35: Women in the Labour Market
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Linda Lucas, University of South Florida
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Addressing women’s poor employment outcomes: Do we need new approaches?
Presented by: Maire Dwyer, Maire Dwyer and Associates
Female Labor Regularization Through Cultural Change: The Role of Social Coops
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Presented by: Mita Marra, Italy's National Research Council

  

Session 36: The Value of Unpaid Care Work
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Malee Sunpuwan, Mahidol Uiversity
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Calculation of an alternative welfare measure
Presented by: María Salvador, CIEDUR
Identifying Factors Determining the Value of Housework of Working and Non-working Female in Korea
[slides]
Presented by: Joonmo Cho, Sungkyunkwan University

  

Session 37: Economic Crisis and Health Care: Gender Dimensions
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Olagoke Akintola, University of KwaZuluNatal
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 3:40 - 5:20
Older women; their health, their wellbeing and their employment
JEL codes: J14
Presented by: Fiona Carmichael, University of Birmingham
Wealth, Gender and Access to Informal Eldercare in China
Presented by: Xinxin Chen, Zhejiang Gongshang University
The Role of Family Caregiving in International Development: Lessons from Social and Health Sciences
Presented by: Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, University of Minnesota
THE GENDERED IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRICIS ON FINANCING AND ACCESS OF HEALTH CARE IN TANZANIA
Presented by: Tausi Kida, Economic and Social Research Foundation

  

Session 38: Gender, Economy and Power in the Caribbean
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Theorising the Interplay of Caribbean Masculinities and Visual Representations in Contemporary Consumer Culture
Presented by: Tara Wilkinson, University of the West Indies, Cavehill
Discussant: Tara Wilkinson, University of the West Indies, Cavehill
Cultural Love Power and Money Management in the Anglophone Caribbean Family - Gendered Implications in Times of Economic Crises
Presented by: Andrea Baldwin, University of the West Indies Cave Hill
Discussant: Andrea Baldwin, University of the West Indies Cave Hill
The Technology of Memory: A Feminist Genealogy of Barbadian Economic Policy (1937-2007)
Presented by: Michelle Belgrave, University of the West Indies
Discussant: Michelle Belgrave, University of the West Indies
Hard Hats and Steel Tips: Gender, Labor and Development Policy in contemporary Trinidad and Tobago
Presented by: Myrtle Joseph, University of the West Indies- Cave Hill
Discussant: Myrtle Joseph, University of the West Indies- Cave Hill

  

Session 39: La experiencia del “Programa Regional Agenda Económica de las mujeres” (AGEM) y sus aportes para la igualdad de derechos de las mujeres en el contexto de crisis economica
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
La sostenibilidad de la vida en tiempos de crisis: el trabajo doméstico remunerado en las cadenas de cuidados nacionales (en Nicaragua) y transnacionales (hogares de mujeres emigrantes en Costa Rica).
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Presented by: Rebeca Centeno Orozco, Agenda Económica de las Mujeres
Discussant: María Rosa Renzi, Agenda Económica de las Mujeres
De la Agenda a la Politica Pública: La construcción de las Agendas Económicas desde las mujeres centroamericanas
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Presented by: Ada Mendez, UNIFEM
Discussant: Ada Mendez, UNIFEM
Una agenda anticrisis construida desde sus realidades
[slides]
Presented by: María Florez-Estrada, UNIFEM
Discussant: Rebeca Centeno Orozco, Agenda Económica de las Mujeres
La ruta del reconocimiento del emprendimiento femenino, agenda de género pendiente en centroamérica
Presented by: maria fauné, unifem,centroamérica

  

Session 40: Writing Scholarly Articles and Publishing in Feminist Economics
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Gunseli Berik, University of Utah
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Conducting and Reporting Survey Research in Feminist Economics
Presented by: Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida
Blended Research Methods
Presented by: Gale Summerfield, Univ. of Illinois
Changing audience perspective: Writing towards an international audience.
Presented by: Maria Floro, American University
Preparing Papers for Submission to Feminist Economics and other Scholarly Journals
Presented by: Diana Strassmann, Rice University

  

Session 41: Economic Crisis: A Feminist perspective From Latin America
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Silvia Berger,
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
FINANCIAL CRISIS: CRACKING OF AN ECONOMIC MODEL FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
JEL codes: E44,
Presented by: Alicia Girón, UNAM
Latin America, the Crisis and Feminism
[slides]
Presented by: Silvia Berger,
THE LATINAMERICAN WOMEN PENSIONS: PRIVATIZATION AND PRECARITY
[slides]
Presented by: Eugenia Correa, UNAM

  

Session 42: Marriage and Bargaining
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: M.V. Lee Badgett, University of Mass, Amherst
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Education and entitlement to household income. A gendered longitudinal analysis of British couples.
JEL codes: D13, D63, J16
Presented by: Jerome De Henau, The Open University
Empowerment or exploitation? How international is international marriage migration?
[slides]
Presented by: AKM Ullah, Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies

  

Session 43: Migration and Social Reproduction
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Mary King, Portland State University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Who pays for the kids? Gender, social reproduction and accumulation: the case of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand
JEL codes: 015; 053
Presented by: Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds
Political Economy of Cross Border Marriage: Economic Development and Social Reproduction in South Korea
Presented by: Hyunok Lee, Cornell University
Coping with the Crisis: Gender and Reproduction Strategies among Ecuadorian Migrant Families.
Presented by: Gioconda Herrera, Flacso

  

Session 44: Gender and Microfinance
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Diane Perrons, London School of Economics
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Institutionalization of Micro Finance as a Menace towards an Integrated Development of Women Surviving Severe Poverty in India: A Study
Presented by: Amrita Chatterjee, South Asian Forum for Environment
Crisis económica, micro finanzas y sobre endeudamiento, los costos sociales para las mujeres.
Presented by: Lourdes Angulo Salazar, UPN Gdl - REPEM

  

Session 45: Care Responsibilities, Public Policies and Women's Participation in the Labor Market
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Rosemary Atieno, University of Nairobi
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
'Reconciliation' Policies and Gender Regimes
Presented by: Carmen Castro, University Complutense of Madrid
Conciliation public policies in Latin America. Its role for economic growth gender equity
Presented by: Noemí Giosa, Ciepp

  

Session 46: Human Capital Investment, Employment and Labor Markets: Global Perspectives
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Yana Rodgers, Rutgers University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Gendered Symbolism in University students ICT uptake
Presented by: Ruth Nsibirano, Makerere University
Work-life balance policy in Japan from the gender perspective: A critical assessment
[slides]
Presented by: Nobuko Hara, Hosei University
Risk in Human Capital Investment and Gender Difference in Adult College Enrollment
Presented by: Xueyu Cheng, Alabama State University
Teaching the economic crisis: financial meltdown, the great recession, and feminist pedagogy
Presented by: Jean Shackelford, Bucknell University
Global Perspectives on Overcoming the US Gender Gap in STEM Fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Presented by: Carol Frances, Claremont Graduate University

  

Session 47: Global Care Chains: the Re-Privatization of Social Reproduction at a Global Scale?
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Rosalba Todaro, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: I3,J16,J61
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Towards a Transnational Perspective on the Social Organization of Care?
[slides]
Presented by: Amaia Orozco, UN-INSTRAW
Migration and Time Use in Ecuador
Presented by: Natalia Paola, FLACSO-Sede Ecuador
Female migration and care in host countries
Presented by: Rosalba Todaro, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
Global care chains and local responses: taking up the slack at home
Presented by: Jeanine Anderson, Catholic University of Peru
Linking migration and care policies: challenges and insights
Presented by: Fernanda Wanderley, CIDES-UMSA

  

Session 48: Unpaid Work and the Economy
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Universidade de São Paulo
Session type: contributed
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Unpaid HIV/AIDS Care, Gender and Poverty: Exploring the Links
Presented by: Olagoke Akintola, University of KwaZuluNatal
Engendering responsibility: a critique of international migration and development discourse
Presented by: Stuart Rosewarne, The University of Sydney

  

Session 49: Gender Budgeting: From Economic Global Crisis to local impacts
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session type: contributed
Session JEL code: H61
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Gender budgeting in a time of crisis: the case of Italy
Presented by: Antonella Picchio, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
The Central American Experiences of Gender Responsive Budget: inventory, critical analysis and successful modalities
[slides]
Presented by: Ada Mendez, UNIFEM
Gender Budget Experiences in Latin America: A feminist economy review
Presented by: Raquel Coello, UNIFEM
“GRB Capacity Index (GRBCI): a tool for monitoring institutional commitment and capacity regarding gender equality”
[slides]
Presented by: Margarita Ozonas Marcos, UNIFEM

  

Session 50: Migration and Remittances
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Ana Rivas, University of Antwerp
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Exposure to remittance and gender dimensions: The Economics of Femigration in Asia
[slides]
JEL codes: J30 - General
Presented by: AKM Ullah, Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies
Gender, International Networks and Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Presented by: Mechthild Schrooten, University of Applied Science Bremen
The Global Economic Crisis and Transnational Migrants: A Case Study of Latina/o Migrants in Central Illinois
Presented by: Gale Summerfield, Univ. of Illinois

  

Session 51: Civil Society and the State
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Women and Social Security System in Turkey: Exclusion and Dependency
JEL codes: I3
Presented by: Semsa Ozar, Bogazici University
Hacia la construcción de políticas fiscales para “Vivir bien”
[slides]
Presented by: Silvia Fernandez, Colectivo Cabildeo
The Social Economy in Atlantic Canada - Lessons for Policy
Presented by: Martha MacDonald, Saint Mary's University
Australia's economic development and the reproductive work of empire
Presented by: Gillian Hewitson, University of Sydney

  

Session 52: The Economic Crisis and Gendered Employment
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Rafael Novella, University of Essex
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Economic Crisis and the Rise in Women's Employment Rate in a sub-Saharan African Country
JEL codes: J21
Presented by: Rose Wamuthenya, IISS_EUR
Global financial crisis effects on female employment, Argentina 2008 - 2009
[slides]
Presented by: Lucía Tumini, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Segurida Social
The impact of international crisis and the coup d´état on Honduran women: a case study
Presented by: Ana Touza, FLACSO

  

Session 53: Gender, Poverty and the Macroeconomy
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Julie Nelson, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Embedding care and unpaid work in macroeconomic modeling: A structuralist approach
Presented by: Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University
The Gender Gap in Incomes and Poverty Feminization in Ukraine
Presented by: Ganna Gerasymenko, Institute ofDemographyand Social Studies
Time Binds: US anti-poverty policies, poverty and single mother’s wellbeing
Presented by: Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts Boston

  

Session 54: Global Crisis, Gender and Female Labor Force Participation
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Irene van Staveren, ISS
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Explaining female labour force participation: the case of Kenya’s informal sector and the effect of the economic crisis
Presented by: Rosemary Atieno, University of Nairobi
The New Gender Order and Reconciliation Policies: Lessons from the Spanish Experience
Presented by: Lourdes Beneria,
Work and Inequality: Mexican Women Migrants Compare Lives in the U.S. and Mexico
Presented by: Mary King, Portland State University

  

Session 55: Economic Crisis, Gender and Food Production
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Maria Floro, American University
Session type: invited
Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 10:50 - 12:30
Gender and experimental measurement of producers risk attitude towards output market price and effects on economic performance
Presented by: Aïfa NDOYE NIANE, Wageningen University
Impact of the Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis on the Philippine Labor Market
[slides]
Presented by: Yana Rodgers, Rutgers University
How poor women farmers contribute to food and health expenditures and behave over consumption of goods? The case of rural Senegalese households.
Presented by: Fatimata Dia, ISRA (Senegalese Agricultural Research

  

Session 56: The Problematics of Gender in Latin American Countries
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Silvia Berger,
Session type: contributed
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
The impoverishment of the work market of women in Mexico –present and future.
Presented by: Patricia Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The women that work in the financial services and the future pangram of the work in Mexico. The advantages and the disadvantages
Presented by: María Gonzalez, Universidad nacionalo Autonoma de Mexico
A New Approach on Migration within the European Community?
Presented by: Alejandra M Sotomayor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztap
Global economic crisis, labor market and impact on women
Presented by: Maria Cristina Cacciamali, Universidade de São Paulo
La economía del 'Buen Vivir' como paradigma alternativo
Presented by: Magdalena León, REMTE

  

Session 57: Wellbeing, Work and Markets
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Kanchana Ruwanpura, University of Southampton
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
NON-ANDROCENTRIC INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING: A CAPABILITY APPROACH / INDICADORES NO ANDROCÉNTRICOS DE BIENESTAR: UNA PROPUESTA DES DE EL ENFOQUE DE LAS CAPACIDADES
Presented by: Cristina Carrasco, University of Barcelona
The gendered qualities of time: moving beyond duration, “freedom” and commodification in measures of well-being
Presented by: Trish Hill, University of New South Wales
Values beyond price: ethics and the scope of the market
Presented by: David Purdy, Democratic Left Scotland

  

Session 58: Gender and Economic Perceptions
Session Organizer: Mary King, Portland State University
Session Chair: Elisabetta Addis, University of Sassari (Sardinia) Italy
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Fiscal awareness: the attitude towards fraud in Spain, with a special focus on gender.
JEL codes: H2,H26,J16,C25
Presented by: Arielle Beyaert, University of Murcia
Constructing the mind-world relationship:The case of domestic labour in post-apartheid South Africa
Presented by: Sinelisiwe Dhlamini, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Perceptions of rewards among volunteer caregivers of people living with AIDS in South Africa
Presented by: Olagoke Akintola, University of KwaZuluNatal

  

Session 59: Gender and Violence
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Tara Wilkinson, University of the West Indies, Cavehill
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Gendering livelihoods in protracted conflicts
JEL codes: J15, J16
Presented by: Rajith Lakshman, University of Colombo
Bodily Integrity of Italian women: exploring freedom of choice
Presented by: Maria Laura di Tommaso, University of Torino
Domestic Violence and Women’s Power within the Household: The Roles of Beliefs, Values and Attitudes
[slides]
Presented by: Yleana Ortiz-Arevalo, Universidad de Alicante

  

Session 60: Gender and the Global Financial Crisis
Session Organizer: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session Chair: Xiao-yuan Dong, University of Winnipeg
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Echo of financial crisis in Georgia
Presented by: Charita Jashi, Tbilisi State University
The Financial World Crisis And The Sexual Contract: Towards A Change Of Paradigm
Presented by: María Flórez-Estrada, University of Costa Rica
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: ITS NATURE, IMPACT AND THE CONDITIONS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA
Presented by: Tomilayo Adekanye, Kogi State University
Structural Reforms And Gender. An Approach to LatinAmerica Reality.
Presented by: Noelba Millàn Cruz, Universidad del Tolima

  

Session 61: Households and Choice
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Rosalia Cortes, FLACSO and CONICET
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Reproducing and reinventing gender roles in the domestic sphere: A comparative study between lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples in Montevideo
[slides]
JEL codes: J12,J13,Z13
Presented by: Nicole Bidegain, CIEDUR
The politics of choice in a world made of households
Presented by: Susan Himmelweit, Open University

  

Session 62: Well-being, Inequality and Gender
Session Organizer: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Session Chair: Mita Marra, Italy's National Research Council
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Indicadores de calidad de vida para la decisión de políticas públicas: una mirada que reconoce la diversidad de género.
Presented by: Graciela Tonon, UNLAM
Measuring group disadvantage with indices based on relative distributions
Presented by: Gaston Yalonetzky, University of Oxford
Panama: The inequality from a genre perspective.
[slides]
Presented by: Aracelly De León, Universidad de Panamá
PUBLIC SPENDING IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN UGANDA: EVIDENCE FROM A BENEFIT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS
[slides]
Presented by: Madina Guloba, Economic Policy Research Centre
Gender Equality and Development under Economic Reforms: Case of Textile Industry
Presented by: Santosh Nandal, Maharshi Dayanand University

  

Session 63: Feminist Epistemological Inquiries and Economic Theories
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: anita nyberg, Stockholm University
Session type: invited
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Risk and Rationality: The Effect of Incidental Mood on Probability Weighting
JEL codes: D03
Presented by: Renate Schubert, ETH Zurich
Is Polanyi still relevant? Linking gender and environment, the cultural ecnomy of weaving
Presented by: Maria Helen Dayo, University of the Philippines Los Banos
Cold Cash, Warm Hearts? Evidence from Economics, Law, Business, and Psychology on the Metaphorical Gendering of Money and Care
Presented by: Julie Nelson, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Degrowth and Feminist Economics
[slides]
Presented by: Patricia Perkins, York University

  

Session 64: Towards a Feminist Economics Research Agenda in Latin America and Beyond
Session Organizer: V. Eudine Barriteau, University of the West Indies
Session Chair: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Session type: contributed
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 1:00
Care, unpaid work, and time use. A view from LA.
JEL codes: D13 J13 J16
Presented by: Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento
Discussant: Rosalba Todaro, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
An Integral Look on Fiscal Policy in LA: Expenditure and Taxation from a Gender Perspective
Presented by: Lucia Perez-Fragoso,
Discussant: Corina Rodríguez-Enríquez, Conicet - Ciepp
Gender impacts of global economic and financial crisis in the Latin American region
[slides]
Presented by: Alma Espino, CIEDUR-IGTN
Employment of women in the Latin American debate on Gender and Social Equality
Presented by: Rosalba Todaro, Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
Reflexions on feminist economics methodologies in Latin American context
Presented by: Alison Vasconez, CIGENERO

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