Gender and Business Cycles
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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
English
Publication Date:
April 4, 2024
ISBN/ISSN:
9798400270376/3005-4591
Stock No:
GNSEA2024001
Format:
Paper
Pages:
22
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