Nancy Folbre

Nancy Folbre’s research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory, with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work and the size of care penalties. In

CWE-GAM Working Paper Series

WORKING PAPERS GENDER WAGE AND EQUITY AND INVESTMENTS IN CARE: MODELING EQUITY AND PRODUCTION Download Paper Date: October, 2020 Authors: Elissa Braunstein & Daniele Tavani            

Dr. Nancy Folbre, an Advisor and Researcher of the CWE-GAM project and a groundbreaking feminist economist was among the first to sound the alarm about the care crisis. Dr. Folbre’s

Since 2017, the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) project’s network of over 40 scholars worked together to conduct new research using the project’s field work data on paid workers

Since 2017, the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) project’s network of over 40 scholars worked together to conduct new research using the project’s field work data on paid workers

Since 2017, the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) project’s network of over 40 scholars worked together to conduct new research using the project’s field work data on paid workers

Since 2017, the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) project’s network of over 40 scholars worked together to conduct new research using the project’s field work data on paid workers

CWE-GAM Methodological Reports

WORKING PAPERS GENDER WAGE AND EQUITY AND INVESTMENTS IN CARE: MODELING EQUITY AND PRODUCTION Download Paper Date: October, 2020 Authors: Elissa Braunstein & Daniele Tavani            

How I Learned to Love Macro

I have despised macroeconomics–even relatively innovative, post-Keynesian, gender-infused versions—for many years, for two big reasons. First, macro remains largely focused on an output variable, Gross Domestic Product, that systematically mismeasures

The Covid-19 Care Penalty

In the U.S., as elsewhere, essential workers have been rightly praised for their willingness to take on additional risk and stress. Their commitment to helping patients, students, and customers face-to-face