Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics
and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …

This paper:(i) examines the latest IMF government spending projections for 187 countries
between 2005 and 2020;(ii) reviews 616 IMF country reports in 183 countries to identify the …

This paper:(i) examines the latest IMF government spending projections for 181 countries by
comparing the four distinct periods of 2005-07 (pre-crisis), 2008-09 (crisis phase I: fiscal …

The classical conceptualization of the working class, of workers' collective action and,
especially, of trade unionism, was implicitly or explicitly based on the Standard Employment …

This series of working papers explores a theme enjoying a tremendous resurgence: the
functional distribution of income—the division of aggregate income by factor share. This first …

This working paper:(i) examines historical and projected government expenditure trends for
189 countries;(ii) reviews the latest IMF country reports for countries to identify the main …

There is growing evidence of two related global processes happening. The late
industrializers are deindustrializing at earlier stages of development than their …

This working paper:(i) describes recent labour market trends;(ii) analyzes how young people
are experiencing a double employment crisis as a result of the demographic phenomenon …

Since the nineteenth century, job creation has functioned as the primary–and in many cases
the sole–strategy for improving people's well-being and life prospects. Such an approach is …

Migration is a central issue in most advanced capitalist countries in the Western world.
Today migrants represent a significant sector both of the labor forces as well as of the …