Bard College

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College’s Gender Equality and the Economy program generates rigorous evidence on how economic processes and policies affect gender equality and examines the influence of gender inequalities on economic outcomes. Over the next few years, the program aims to conduct economic analyses on gender disparities in employment security and welfare outcomes in Ghana and South Africa, host regional policy dialogues, and organize its annual gender and macroeconomics workshop. This grant will enable the Gender Equality and the Economy program to deepen these focal areas. (Strategy: International Women's Economic Empowerment)

This grant will support the Levy Economics Institute’s Gender Equality and the Economy program to generate new knowledge on the determinants of women’s time and poverty in five African countries that can be used to inform gendered economic analysis and related policy goals. The project’s multicountry, multilevel research design is strengthened through new partnerships with in-country researchers to produce contextually relevant evidence for regional and national policymakers, activists, and scholars working to advance social and economic investments that allow for greater gender equality in paid and unpaid work. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)

This grant will support the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College to develop a framework to assess the macro and microeconomic effects of public policies aimed at reducing unpaid work burdens in Ghana and Tanzania. This work builds on previous research to revise poverty rate estimates in these countries by taking into account the time deficits of men and women, largely due to unpaid work responsibilities. The findings will be disseminated broadly to government agencies in Ghana and Tanzania, international development agencies, civil society organizations, and the academic community in order to inform policy debates and decisions.