Mieke Meurs
Biographic Data
| ID | 313498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mieke Meurs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mieke |
| FAMILY NAME | Meurs |
| SIGNATURE | MEURS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1327-4206 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Legacy of Carmen Diana Deere: Gender, Households, and Market Integration—An Introduction
This paper traces the trajectory of Carmen Diana Deere's work and provides a broad overview of her contributions to understanding the political economy of agrarian change in Latin America. The overview provides context for the groundbreaking work of scholars in this special issue and discusses how they extend Deere's work in three main areas: Conceptualizing the peasant household and its links to the capitalist economy; the role of cooperatives a…
Care regimes in middle-income countries: An Introduction
This article provides an introduction to a special themed section on care regimes in middle-income countries. Over the past two decades, researchers have focused on cross-country variations in care regimes, how to improve care delivery, and how to allow women greater choice between unpaid and paid work. Much of this work has focused on Europe, but researchers have recently extended the analysis to East Asia and, to a lesser extent, Latin America.…
Care for very young children and the employment of mothers in Kazakhstan
The presence of children under three years old is strongly associated with women being out of the labor market. As Kazakhstan supports women’s economic independence, will expanding care increase employment for these caregivers? We review care policies, focusing particularly on concerns about quality. Using a survey of 500 respondents with children under three years old, we explore caregiver employment and preferences for care for children of this…
Women herders: Women’s role and bargaining power in Mongolian herding households
Women’s role in herding and their empowerment in Mongolian herding households has been little studied, and their participation in decision-making can have important implications for rural households. We draw on a unique sample of 60 Mongolian herding households carried out in 2017 to provide evidence for how herding work and related decision-making is shared between husbands and wives. We extend previous work by using a much more detailed survey,…
Elder care and paid work: Gender differences in the relationship between unpaid elder care work and employment in Bulgaria
Care of elderly family members affects the welfare of the elderly and caregivers and has macroeconomic implications. In Eastern Europe, aging populations combined with under-developed care policy increase family care burdens, but the impact of care on labour force participation is understudied in this context. Using two waves of the Generations and Gender survey, we estimate the impact of care demand on paid employment in Bulgaria. We find that l…
Improving Assessments of Gender Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Bangladesh
Gender bargaining power has entered into mainstream economic theory and public policy. However, common empirical measures are only loosely related to the theoretical concept, and research has not produced consistent results regarding the causal chains underlying women’s empowerment. This study critically examines accepted measures of bargaining power, arguing that participation in specific household decisions is not directly associated with the t…
Livestock Income of Mongolian Herders: A Path to Rural Prosperity
Over the post-socialist period in Mongolia, the future of the herding sector has received significant attention. We draw on nationally representative survey data from 2007-2008 to examine the extent and type of herders' engagement with markets for livestock and livestock products, and factors associated with higher earnings from livestock. We show that nearly all Mongolian herding households participate in markets for livestock and livestock prod…
Maternal Healthcare in Tajikistan: A Bargaining Framework
This study examines women's declining use of maternal healthcare services in post-socialist Tajikistan. Using data from the 2003 and 2007 Tajikistan Living Standards Surveys (TLSS), the findings support previous evidence that a woman's use of prenatal and delivery care depends on her education, household income, and proximity to services. However, previous models have not specified who makes the decision to use maternal healthcare services. This …
The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility in Post-Socialism: Evidence from the Bulgarian Case
Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor . Elizabeth C. Dunn
(2006). Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor. Elizabeth C. Dunn. Eurasian Geography and Economics: Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 124-128
Decline in pre-school use in post-socialist societies: The case of Bulgaria
Child care is often analysed in its role as facilitator of women's labour-force participation. However, for pre-school-aged children, child care can also contribute in important ways to human-capital development, especially among poor children. By international standards, pre-school enrolments were high under socialism. Since transition, however, enrolment rates have declined. This may leave large numbers of children without the preparation neces…
De-Development in Post-Socialism: Conceptual and Measurement Issues
In former socialist countries, neoliberal reform promised to replace stagnation with growth and development. Many places, however, experienced a decade of economic decline, accompanied by rising poverty. Although even the worst performing economies managed positive growth rates by 1999-2000, this growth starts from levels as low as 36 percent of 1989 levels. Less recognized than the problem of rising poverty is the erosion of development gains in…
Transition to market economics: Employment and informal activity in rural areas
According to the neo-liberal model, the high levels of unemployment and collapsing real wages of transition will reallocate labor to new activities. But whether and how households actually reallocate labor is the subject of growing debate. We use survey data from Bulgaria to develop a typology of rural households based on their labor allocation characteristics. We find a diversity of outcomes. A significant share of households experience no chang…
The Evolution of Agrarian Institutions: A Comparative Study of Post-Socialist Hungary and Bulgaria
Market Socialism as a Culture of Cooperation
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
Popular participation and central planning in Cuban socialism: The experience of agriculture in the 1980s
Markets, markets everywhere? Understanding the Cuban anomaly
On entry of new firms in socialist economies: Evidence from Bulgaria
AN IMPORTANT PART of recent attempts at 'restructuring' in East European economies has been the desire of reformers to stimulate the entry of new firms (economic units), as well as more diverse forms of economic organisation. However, the role that the new firms are to play is not well defined. At a minimum, they are expected to help meet consumer demand, which has been notoriously neglected by the large state enterprises. More ambitious claims a…
Markets, markets everywhere? Understanding the Cuban anomaly
De-Development in Post-Socialism: Conceptual and Measurement Issues
In former socialist countries, neoliberal reform promised to replace stagnation with growth and development. Many places, however, experienced a decade of economic decline, accompanied by rising poverty. Although even the worst performing economies managed positive growth rates by 1999-2000, this growth starts from levels as low as 36 percent of 1989 levels. Less recognized than the problem of rising poverty is the erosion of development gains in…
Improving Assessments of Gender Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Bangladesh
Gender bargaining power has entered into mainstream economic theory and public policy. However, common empirical measures are only loosely related to the theoretical concept, and research has not produced consistent results regarding the causal chains underlying women’s empowerment. This study critically examines accepted measures of bargaining power, arguing that participation in specific household decisions is not directly associated with the t…
Popular participation and central planning in Cuban socialism: The experience of agriculture in the 1980s
Livestock Income of Mongolian Herders: A Path to Rural Prosperity
Over the post-socialist period in Mongolia, the future of the herding sector has received significant attention. We draw on nationally representative survey data from 2007-2008 to examine the extent and type of herders' engagement with markets for livestock and livestock products, and factors associated with higher earnings from livestock. We show that nearly all Mongolian herding households participate in markets for livestock and livestock prod…
Maternal Healthcare in Tajikistan: A Bargaining Framework
This study examines women's declining use of maternal healthcare services in post-socialist Tajikistan. Using data from the 2003 and 2007 Tajikistan Living Standards Surveys (TLSS), the findings support previous evidence that a woman's use of prenatal and delivery care depends on her education, household income, and proximity to services. However, previous models have not specified who makes the decision to use maternal healthcare services. This …
The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility in Post-Socialism: Evidence from the Bulgarian Case
Decline in pre-school use in post-socialist societies: The case of Bulgaria
Child care is often analysed in its role as facilitator of women's labour-force participation. However, for pre-school-aged children, child care can also contribute in important ways to human-capital development, especially among poor children. By international standards, pre-school enrolments were high under socialism. Since transition, however, enrolment rates have declined. This may leave large numbers of children without the preparation neces…
Care for very young children and the employment of mothers in Kazakhstan
The presence of children under three years old is strongly associated with women being out of the labor market. As Kazakhstan supports women’s economic independence, will expanding care increase employment for these caregivers? We review care policies, focusing particularly on concerns about quality. Using a survey of 500 respondents with children under three years old, we explore caregiver employment and preferences for care for children of this…
Transition to market economics: Employment and informal activity in rural areas
According to the neo-liberal model, the high levels of unemployment and collapsing real wages of transition will reallocate labor to new activities. But whether and how households actually reallocate labor is the subject of growing debate. We use survey data from Bulgaria to develop a typology of rural households based on their labor allocation characteristics. We find a diversity of outcomes. A significant share of households experience no chang…
On entry of new firms in socialist economies: Evidence from Bulgaria
AN IMPORTANT PART of recent attempts at 'restructuring' in East European economies has been the desire of reformers to stimulate the entry of new firms (economic units), as well as more diverse forms of economic organisation. However, the role that the new firms are to play is not well defined. At a minimum, they are expected to help meet consumer demand, which has been notoriously neglected by the large state enterprises. More ambitious claims a…
On entry of new firms in socialist economies: Evidence from Bulgaria
AN IMPORTANT PART of recent attempts at 'restructuring' in East European economies has been the desire of reformers to stimulate the entry of new firms (economic units), as well as more diverse forms of economic organisation. However, the role that the new firms are to play is not well defined. At a minimum, they are expected to help meet consumer demand, which has been notoriously neglected by the large state enterprises. More ambitious claims a…
Popular participation and central planning in Cuban socialism: The experience of agriculture in the 1980s
Markets, markets everywhere? Understanding the Cuban anomaly
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
Market Socialism as a Culture of Cooperation
The Evolution of Agrarian Institutions: A Comparative Study of Post-Socialist Hungary and Bulgaria
Transition to market economics: Employment and informal activity in rural areas
According to the neo-liberal model, the high levels of unemployment and collapsing real wages of transition will reallocate labor to new activities. But whether and how households actually reallocate labor is the subject of growing debate. We use survey data from Bulgaria to develop a typology of rural households based on their labor allocation characteristics. We find a diversity of outcomes. A significant share of households experience no chang…
De-Development in Post-Socialism: Conceptual and Measurement Issues
In former socialist countries, neoliberal reform promised to replace stagnation with growth and development. Many places, however, experienced a decade of economic decline, accompanied by rising poverty. Although even the worst performing economies managed positive growth rates by 1999-2000, this growth starts from levels as low as 36 percent of 1989 levels. Less recognized than the problem of rising poverty is the erosion of development gains in…
Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor . Elizabeth C. Dunn
(2006). Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor. Elizabeth C. Dunn. Eurasian Geography and Economics: Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 124-128
Decline in pre-school use in post-socialist societies: The case of Bulgaria
Child care is often analysed in its role as facilitator of women's labour-force participation. However, for pre-school-aged children, child care can also contribute in important ways to human-capital development, especially among poor children. By international standards, pre-school enrolments were high under socialism. Since transition, however, enrolment rates have declined. This may leave large numbers of children without the preparation neces…
The Decline in Intergenerational Mobility in Post-Socialism: Evidence from the Bulgarian Case
Maternal Healthcare in Tajikistan: A Bargaining Framework
This study examines women's declining use of maternal healthcare services in post-socialist Tajikistan. Using data from the 2003 and 2007 Tajikistan Living Standards Surveys (TLSS), the findings support previous evidence that a woman's use of prenatal and delivery care depends on her education, household income, and proximity to services. However, previous models have not specified who makes the decision to use maternal healthcare services. This …
Livestock Income of Mongolian Herders: A Path to Rural Prosperity
Over the post-socialist period in Mongolia, the future of the herding sector has received significant attention. We draw on nationally representative survey data from 2007-2008 to examine the extent and type of herders' engagement with markets for livestock and livestock products, and factors associated with higher earnings from livestock. We show that nearly all Mongolian herding households participate in markets for livestock and livestock prod…
Improving Assessments of Gender Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Bangladesh
Gender bargaining power has entered into mainstream economic theory and public policy. However, common empirical measures are only loosely related to the theoretical concept, and research has not produced consistent results regarding the causal chains underlying women’s empowerment. This study critically examines accepted measures of bargaining power, arguing that participation in specific household decisions is not directly associated with the t…
Elder care and paid work: Gender differences in the relationship between unpaid elder care work and employment in Bulgaria
Care of elderly family members affects the welfare of the elderly and caregivers and has macroeconomic implications. In Eastern Europe, aging populations combined with under-developed care policy increase family care burdens, but the impact of care on labour force participation is understudied in this context. Using two waves of the Generations and Gender survey, we estimate the impact of care demand on paid employment in Bulgaria. We find that l…
Women herders: Women’s role and bargaining power in Mongolian herding households
Women’s role in herding and their empowerment in Mongolian herding households has been little studied, and their participation in decision-making can have important implications for rural households. We draw on a unique sample of 60 Mongolian herding households carried out in 2017 to provide evidence for how herding work and related decision-making is shared between husbands and wives. We extend previous work by using a much more detailed survey,…
Care regimes in middle-income countries: An Introduction
This article provides an introduction to a special themed section on care regimes in middle-income countries. Over the past two decades, researchers have focused on cross-country variations in care regimes, how to improve care delivery, and how to allow women greater choice between unpaid and paid work. Much of this work has focused on Europe, but researchers have recently extended the analysis to East Asia and, to a lesser extent, Latin America.…
Care for very young children and the employment of mothers in Kazakhstan
The presence of children under three years old is strongly associated with women being out of the labor market. As Kazakhstan supports women’s economic independence, will expanding care increase employment for these caregivers? We review care policies, focusing particularly on concerns about quality. Using a survey of 500 respondents with children under three years old, we explore caregiver employment and preferences for care for children of this…
The Legacy of Carmen Diana Deere: Gender, Households, and Market Integration—An Introduction
This paper traces the trajectory of Carmen Diana Deere's work and provides a broad overview of her contributions to understanding the political economy of agrarian change in Latin America. The overview provides context for the groundbreaking work of scholars in this special issue and discusses how they extend Deere's work in three main areas: Conceptualizing the peasant household and its links to the capitalist economy; the role of cooperatives a…
Economics (17 works) · Political science (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Business (7 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Market economy (6 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Labour economics (5 works) · Socialism (5 works) · Economic system (4 works)