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Gender and Business Cycles
Author:
Diego B. P. Gomes
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Series:
Gender Notes
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2024: Issue 001
Language:
English
Publication Date:
04 Apr 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400270376.067
ISBN:
9798400270376
ISSN:
3005-4591
Pages:
22
Keywords:
gender; business cycles; women's employment; men's employment; unemployment; labor force participation; fiscal policy shock; income risk; IMF library; impulse responses from monetary policy shock; cyclical sensitivity; Women; Gender inequality; Economic recession; Global
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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.
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Gender Notes
ISSN:
3005-4591
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund