28th IAFFE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
June 27 – 29, 2019
Glasgow Caledonian University
American University’s Department of Economics, Program on Gender Analysis in Economics (PGAE) and the Care work and the Economic (CWE) Research Team to present at the 28th International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Annual Conference
The 2019 IAFFE conference theme, Solidarities and Challenges at the Intersection of Inequalities, brings together scholars, practitioners and activists engaged with the field of feminist economics to bring questions of ‘identity’ and ‘place’ into one of the most important debates in the current era: rising inequalities in income and wealth across the world.
AU Economics faculty, students, global scholars and affiliated researchers will be participating in various panel and roundtable sessions throughout the conference. See below for session details and stop by to meet us:
June 27
Care Economy: Paid and Unpaid Work in Korea
11:10 am – 1:00 pm
The Care Work and the Economy panel session will feature research team members including Jooyeoun Suh, Kisoo Eun and Seung-Eun Cha.
Households, Care and Unpaid Work: Households, power, and decision-making #2
11:10 am – 1:00 pm
AU PhD Student Hannah Randolph will be presenting her work on “Patterns of household time allocation after out-migration”
Households, Care and Unpaid Work: Households, power, and decision-making #4
2:30 pm – 4:20 pm
AU PhD Student Catherine Hensly will be presenting her work on “Familial Coping with Chronic Illness: Evidence from Malawi.”
Roundtable: Teaching Gender Analysis in Economics in the Global South
2:30 – 4:20 pm
Professor Mieke Meurs will be chairing the roundtable session on “Teaching Gender Analysis in Economics in the Global South” featuring PGAE Global Scholars Myagmarsuren Boldbaatar, Otgontugs Banzragch, Samanmala Doribawila, Ana María Tribin and Yady Barerro.
June 28
Households, Care and Unpaid Work: Households, power, and decision-making #1
8:30 am – 10:20 am
Professor Mieke Meurs will present “Women’s Time Use and Decision Making in Mongolia Herding Households” w/co-authors Otgo Banzragch & Migaa Boldbaatar of National University of Mongolia.
Persistent Inequality: Economic and Social Impact of Violence against Women and Girls
1:50 pm – 3:40 pm
Professor Maria Floro will be chairing the session on “Persistent Inequality: Economic and Social Impact of Violence against Women and Girls.”
Rethinking Macroeconomics I
1:50 pm – 3:40 pm
Professor Ignacio Gonzalez and members of the Research Team of the Care Work and the Economy Project, including Elissa Braunstein, Ray Miller and James Heintz will be presenting ongoing work.
June 29
Social and Economic Policies and Programmes: Work-life policies
8:30 am – 10:20 am
PGAE Global Scholar Samanmala Doribawila will be presenting on “Work-life balance Policy in Developing Countries compared to Developed Countries.”
Rethinking Macroeconomics II
8:30 am – 10:20 am
Professor Maria Floro will be chairing the session “Rethinking Macroeconomics II,” featuring presentations by members of the Research Team of the Care Work and the Economy Project, including Ipek Ilkkaracan, Ozlem Onaran, Marzia Fontana and Elizabeth King.