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ID4949804
AuthorsJulie A Nelson (0000-0003-2399-440X, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California at Davis, Davis, California.)
Year1995
Volume9
Issue2
Pages131-148
Publication date1995-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965
PublisherAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/jep.9.2.131
OpenAlexW2055009590
LanguageEN
Citations received88
References cited20

Recent feminist theorizing about gender and science could improve economic practice. The usual definitions of the subject matter, models, methods, and pedagogy of economics, while often perceived as value-free and impartial, contain distinct masculine biases. The alternative is not a 'feminine' economics, not a 'female' economics, but an economics in which practitioners of either sex make use of the widest range of appropriate methods in studying the subject of economic provisioning. Examples are given of work in which gender conformity has not been a defining factor, as well as work in which gender biases are apparent

Conformity · Economic growth · Economics · Feminism · Positive economics · Provisioning · Sociology · Subject matter · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Gender Studies · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology · Social Psychology

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  • Expanding Economic Costing in Health Care

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  • Diversity and public problem solving

    Open Access•Barbara J Nelson•Journal of Policy Analysis and…•1999

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  • Teaching Heterodox Economics in a Feminist Perspective by Using Students’ Written Diaries on Consumption

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  • An Analysis of Women’s Underrepresentation in Undergraduate Economics

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  • Supporting Childcare Supply in the United States

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    Open Access•Wilfred Dolfsma, Hella Hoppe•Feminist Review•2003

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    Open Access•Brena Paula Magno Fernandez•Brazilian Journal of Political…•2018

  • Revisiting the criticisms of rational choice theories

    Open Access•Catherine Herfeld•Philosophy Compass•2022

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  • Beyond Economic Man

    Marianne A Ferber, Julie A Nelson•Beyond Economic Man•1993

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  • The Quality of Life

    Robert Sugden, Martha C Nussbaum et al.•The Economic Journal•1994

  • Gender, Metaphor, and the Definition of Economics

    Open Access•Julie A Nelson•Economics and Philosophy•1992

  • The Unproductive Housewife

    N Folbre•Signs: Journal of Women in…•1991

Unique citing works88
Citations per year3,03
Citation span1997 - 2026 (30)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 77

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