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Closing Plenary - Macroeconomics of Investing in Care: Advances in Research and Policy Implications
Chair: İpek İlkkaracan, IAFFE Outgoing President and Conference Chair 2024 - İstanbul Technical University.
Speakers: • Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich, London, Professor of Economics and Director Greenwich Political Economy Research Center • Ajit Zacharias (on-line), Levy Economics Institute, New York/Bombay, Senior Scholar and Director, Distribution of Income and Wealth Program • Maureen Were, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi, Senior Economist, Research Department • Francisco Cos Montiel, UNRISD, Geneva/Barcelona, Senior Research Coordinator, Gender Justice Program • Valeria Esquivel, ILO – Geneva, ILO Employment Policies and Gender Specialist | ||
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Caring labor and care economy have been central concepts in feminist economics. The discussion around care work has been framed primarily in the context of gender distribution of labor, women’s unpaid work, interactions with the market sphere and implications for gender inequalities. A strand of applied policy research studies since the 2010s place the issue in an encompassing macroeconomic framework and explore the implications of investing in care beyond gender equality. This emerging research and policy discourse traces the linkages from the care economy to employment creation, fiscal policy, intersectional inequalities and poverty, inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies. The plenary brings together speakers to explore these macroeconomic perspectives on investing in care and their policy implications in the context of the theme of the conference: feminist economics strategies for an equitable and sustainable world . | ||
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