International conference on gender economics: "Rethinking gender: Economic and social costs of gender inequality”
The FREE Network - the Forum for Research On Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies and Kyiv School of Economics are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the international conference on gender economics "Rethinking gender: Economic and social costs of gender inequality" that will be held online on April 7-8, 2021. The keynote speakers are: Paula England, Professor at New York University, Chair of the Department of Sociology, and Michèle Tertilt, Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim.
Papers presented at the conference will be eligible for consideration for a special issue of Comparative Economic Studies. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference.
Papers should explicitly relate to the economic and social costs of gender inequality. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
- COVID-19 and gender equality
- Gender and labor market outcomes
- Gender and political empowerment
- Gender aspects of financial inclusion
- Intra-household choices
We particularly seek participants who do research on gender issues at the institutions based in Eastern Europe or conduct research on gender issues related to populations in Eastern Europe.
Important Dates:
Conference dates: April 7-8, 2021
Deadline for extended abstract submissions: January 5, 2021
Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2021
Full-paper submission deadline, for accepted abstracts: March 1, 2021
Email: conference2021@kse.org.ua
Website: https://conference2021.kse.ua/en/