Economics Program and Levy Economics Institute Present

What is a Feminist Quantitative Method? Opportunities for Feminist Econometrics

The Gender Equality and the Economy Program of the Levy Economics Institute hosts a speaker series with practitioners and scholars across disciplines from around the globe to address the ever-relevant topic of “Gender Equality and the Economy.” Speakers will present their research and discuss differing approaches to economic analyses through a gender lens. The series highlights the importance of taking an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the implications of how gender and economic inequalities intersect in history, policy, and the everyday.

Join us for our third session with Sarah Small, Assistant Professor of Economics, The University of Utah, on Monday, March 4, from 5pm to 6pm in the Blithewood Conference Room, or on Zoom. Professor Small's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions. 

Light refreshments will be served. Register to attend via Zoom here.

This event is sponsored by The Levy Economics Institute, The Economics Program of Bard College, and The OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative.

Abstract:
Though feminist economics encourages methodological plurality, quantitative methods  and econometrics have overtaken the discipline in recent years. Many feminist economists have  demonstrated reasons to be concerned about the increasing foothold of quantitative methods, and  others have provided thoughtful criticisms of specific quantitative measurements. However, few  have made distinctions between mainstream econometrics and feminist econometrics, and a  succinct set of resources for those trying to do feminist quantitative research is difficult to find.  Drawing upon insights from feminist economics, queer methods, and intersectional approaches,  this paper sets forth practical guidelines for feminists using econometric methods. Namely, it  considers issues of data cleaning, replicability, survey weighting, comparison groups, non-binary  measures of gender, intersectionality, causality claims, identification problems, atheoretical index composition, and measuring “difference.” It raises questions for contemporary feminist  economists to consider as we grapple with the methodological identity of our field.

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Sarah F. Small, PhD is an assistant professor in the department of economics at the University of Utah and the book review editor for Feminist Economics. Her research focuses on intrahousehold bargaining, unpaid care work, history of feminist economic thought, and feminist research methodology. Sarah earned her PhD in economics from Colorado State University and formerly held research positions at Rutgers and Duke universities. 

To receive updates on this speaker series, please fill out this form, or visit the Speaker Series page which will be updated as new events in the series are scheduled.

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For more information, call 845-758-7714, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Blithewood

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