This quarter we have examined the economic experiences of individuals from a gendered lens. Using feminist economic analysis, write an essay on what it means to be an economic individual. Your essay should: Articulate who the economic individual is from a feminist economic perspective. Explore how they participate within the global economic system Evaluate how policy impacts their economic lives This is an opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned in this course by referencing course authors, using terminology, exploring concepts, etc. Your essay should be approximately 3-4 pages in length (double-spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins). You may use the citation style (MLA, APA, etc) that you are most comfortable with. You should reference a minimum of 6 course readings in your response by selecting those readings that best support your overall argument. Readings: Mankiw, Gregory. (2008) “Ten Principles of Economics”, and “Thinking Like an Economist” in Principles of Economics, pp. 1-48. Schneider and Schackelford, “Feminist Principles of Economics,” https://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gschnedr/FemPrcpls.htm (Links to an external site.) Nelson, Julie. (1995) “Feminism and Economics,” in Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(2), pp. 131-148. Power, M. (2004) “Social Provisioning as a Starting Point for Feminist Economics,” in Feminist Economics 10 (3), pp. 3-19. Olmsted, Jennifer. (1997) “Telling Palestinian Womens’ Economic Stories”, in Feminist Economics, 3 (2), pp. 141-151. Bergmann, Barbara. (2003) “The Job of Housewife,” in Women and the Economy: Reader, pp. 101-107. Singleton, Andrew and Jane Maree Maher. (2004) “The ‘New Man’ Is in the House: Young Men, Social Change, and Housework,” The Journal of Men’s Studies, 12(3), pp. 227-240. Agarwal, Bina. (1997) “’Bargaining’ and Gender Relations: Within and Beyond the Household,” Feminist Economics, 3(1), pp. 1-51. Waring, Marilyn. (2003) “Counting for Something! Recognising women’s contribution to the global economy through alternative accounting systems,” Gender and Development. 11(1), pp. 35-43. waring counting for something.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Smith, Julie P. and Lindy H. Ingham. (2005) “Mothers’ Milk and Measures of Economic Output” in Feminist Economics, 11(1), pp. 41-62. Garcia-Mainar, Inmaculada, Jose Alberto Molina, Victor M. Montuenga. (2011) “Gender Differences in Childcare: Time Allocation in Five European Countries” in Feminist Economics, 17(1), p119-151. Agarwal, Bina and Pradeep Panda. (2007) “Toward Freedom from Domestic Violence: The Neglected Obvious,” Journal of Human Development, 8(3), pp. 359-388. Moe, Angela M., and Myrtle P. Bell. (2004) “Abject Economics: The Effects of Battering and Violence on Women’s Work and Employability,” Violence Against Women, 10 (1), pp. 29-55. Xu, Gary and Susan Feiner. (2007) “Meinu Jingji/China’s Beauty Economy: Buying Looks, Shifting Value, and Changing Place,” Feminist Economics, 13(3-4), pp. 307-323. china’s beauty economy.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Hopkins, Barbara. (2007) “Western Cosmetics in the Gendered Development of Consumer Culture in China,” Feminist Economics, 13(3-4), pp. 287-306. western cosmetics in the gendered development of consumer culture in china.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Bales, Kevin. (2003) “Because She Looks Like a Child,” in Global Woman, pp. 207-230. bales because she looks like a child.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Yen, Iris. (2008) “Of Vice and Men: A New Approach to Eradicating Sex Trafficking by Reducing Male Demand Through Education Programs and Abolitionist Legislation”, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 98 (2), pp. 653-687. of vice and men.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Ngai, Pun. (2007) “Gendering the Dormitory Labor System: Production, Reproduction, and Migrant Labor in South China,” Feminist Economics, 13(3-4), pp. 239-258. gendering the dormitory labor system.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Dominguez-Villalobos, Lilia and Flor Brown-Grossman. (2010) “Trade Liberalization and Gender Wage Inequality in Mexico,” Feminist Economics, 16(4), pp. 53-79. trade liberalization and gender wage inequality in mexico.pdfPreview the documentView in a new windowView in a new window Koggel, Christine M. (2003) “Globalization and Women’s Paid Work: Expanding Freedom?” in Feminist Economics, 9(2-3), pp. 163-184. koggel globalization and womens paid work.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Berik, Gunseli, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, and Stephanie Seguino. (2009) “Feminist Economics of Inequality, Development, and Growth,” Feminist Economics, 15(3), pp. 1-33. feminist economics of inequality development and growth.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Shortchanged, Chapters 1-3 Blandford, John M. (2003) “The Nexus of Sexual Orientation and Gender in the Determination of Earnings” in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 56 (4), pp. 622-642. blandford nexus of sexual orientation and gender in the determination of earnings.pdf Caiazza, Amy, April Shaw, and Misha Werschkul. “Women’s Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region” in Institute of Women’s Policy Research www.iwpr.org (Links to an external site.) iwpr women’s economic status in the states.pdf Shortchanged, Chapters 4-7 Seguino, Stephanie. (2010) “The Global Economic Crisis, Its Gender and Ethnic Implications, and Policy Responses,” in Gender and Development, 18 (2), pp. 179-200. seguino global economic crisis.pdf Peterson, Janice. (2012) “The Great Crisis and the Significance of Gender in the U.S. Economy” in Journal of Economic Issues, 46(2), pp. 277-290. great crisis and significance of gender.pdf Phillips, Sandra. (2012) “The Subprime Mortgage Calamity and the African American Woman” in Review of Black Political Economy, 39, pp. 227-237. phillips the subprime mortage calamity and the african american woman.pdf Albelda, Randy. (2002) “Fallacies of Welfare-to-Work” in Lost Ground, pp. 79-94. albelda fallacies of welfare to work.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Rankin, Katherine N. (2002) “Social Capital, Microfinance, and the Politics of Development” in Feminist Economics, 8(1), pp. 1-24. rankin social capital microfinance.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Nixon, Darren. (2009) “’I Can’t Put a Smiley Face On’: Working-Class Masculinity, Emotional Labour and Service Work in the ‘New Economy’”, Gender, Work and Organization, 16 (3), pp. 300-323. nixon I cant put a smiley face on .pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Pearson, Ruth and Kyoko Kusakabe. (2012) “Who Cares? Gender, Reproduction, and Care Chains of Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand,” Feminist Economics, 18(2), pp.149-175. who cares burmese migrant workers.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Optional: Bailey, Martha J. (2006) “More Power to the Pill: The Impact of Contraceptive Freedom on Women’s Life Cycle Labor Supply” in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1), pp. 289-320. bailey more power to the pill.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Unfinished Business, Introduction, Part I-III Unfinished Business, Part IV Matthaei, Julie. (2001) “Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Economy: Paid Work, Unpaid Work, and the Next Stage of Feminist Economic Transformation,” in Review of Radical Political Economics, 33(4), pp. 461-94. healing our selves healing our economy.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window Connell, R. W. (2005) “Change Among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities, and Gender Equality in the Global Arena” in Signs, 30(3), pp. 1801-1825. change among the gatekeepers.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window
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