Gender, austerity, and support for EMU across generations
Banducci, S; Loedel, P
Date: 29 March 2020
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Journal
Journal of European Integration
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Abstract
Incorporating a feminist analytical framework, we examine, from a longitudinal and generational
perspective, public support for the euro. Feminist critiques of EMU argue that narratives around the
adoption of the euro, the impacts of austerity, as well as the economic recovery have to a large
extent ignored women’s experiences. In ...
Incorporating a feminist analytical framework, we examine, from a longitudinal and generational
perspective, public support for the euro. Feminist critiques of EMU argue that narratives around the
adoption of the euro, the impacts of austerity, as well as the economic recovery have to a large
extent ignored women’s experiences. In light of these critiques, we examine the empirical evidence
indicating growing support for EMU even after the crisis. Specifically, we examine how women’s
experience as participants in the labour force, as well as in the household, influence their support for
the euro. We find that the youngest cohorts had significant declines in support post crisis but that the
gender gap in support is smaller where labour force experiences are more similar.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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