Gender Notes

Gender and Business Cycles

Author/Editor:

Diego B. P. Gomes

Publication Date:

April 4, 2024

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This note reviews the literature on the complex relationship between gender and business cycles. It focuses on nuanced patterns that challenge the notion of gender neutrality in economic fluctuations. The note also analyzes dimensions, such as unemployment, income risk, hours worked, and responses to monetary and fiscal policy shocks, and documents distinctive disparities.

Series:

Gender Notes No. 2024/001

Subject:

Business cycles Economic growth Economic recession Economic sectors Gender Gender inequality Labor Unemployment Women

Frequency:

occasional