Austerity and gender inequalities in Europe in times of crisis
研究了2008年后欧洲财政紧缩措施对性别工资差距和性别职业隔离的影响，发现紧缩政策加剧了性别不平等。
The post-2008 recession and the countercyclical responses by European governments that followed triggered an extensive wave of fiscal adjustments. Although \nunderpinned by widespread consensus, the implementation of such measures has \nalso been severely criticised. While their effect on output and employment has been \nextensively investigated, their impact on wage inequality has received less attention. \nIn this paper, we focus on the consequences of fiscal consolidation measures for \ngender inequality. After describing the literature-based conceptual framework of \nour analysis, we provide empirical evidence of the effect of fiscal consolidation on: \n(i) the adjusted gender wage gap, and (ii) the patterns of gender horizontal segregation. The analysis covers EU-28 countries in the years 2010–13. Results show that \nausterity measures (both tax-based and expenditure-based) impacted significantly \non various aspects of gender wage inequality, putting at risk the relatively little progress achieved in Europe so far.