- Inequality Matters: austerity policies, gender and raceDate: Thursday 14 May 2015 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Professor Stephanie Seguino Respondents: Saphieh Ashtiany, Diane Negra Chair: Professor Alan Manning Austerity policies lead to cuts in social spending that have a potentially disproportionately negative effect on women, youth and racial or ethnic minorities.
@LSEEcon & @LSEGenderTweet lecture 14/5 on #inequality with Stephanie Seguino, Saphieh Ashtiany & Diane Negra http://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/newsEventsSeminars/lecturesAndEvents.aspx#inequalitymatters …- Tonight: @LSEEcon & @LSEGenderTweet lecture on #inequality with Stephanie Seguino, Saphieh Ashtiany & Diane Negra http://ln.is/www.lse.ac.uk/econom/otaG8 …
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Inequality matters: gender, race and austerity with Seguino at #LSEtalksGender - v excited !- Alan Manning introduces speaker and discussants #LSEtalksGender
We're off! Seguino takes the stand - austerity is everywhere but inequality is missing from debate #LSEtalksGender pic.twitter.com/Np1CwgYGEy- Stephanie Seguino: synopsis of facts that caused the global & eurozone crises #LSEtalksGender
.#lsetalksgender Stephanie Seguino - financial crisis - increasing precariousness and feminisation of work- Seguino: increased precariousness of work, downward harmonisation of men's jobs, households borrowing for living costs #LSEtalksGender
- Context of crisis - feminisation of work, white men's status lessens households are borrowing to stay afloat #LSEtalksGender
- .#lsetalksgender - subaltern groups enter financial crisis with greatest economic deficits - eg lone parents, ethnic minorities
- Seguino: subaltern groups enter crisis with greatest economic deficits #LSEtalksGender
Poverty rate of female headed households in the US is 51% - #LSEtalksgender
Female headed household rate of poverty after transfers: 51% in US. #LSEtalksGender- Marginal groups already in bad position - lone parents & ethnic minorities reliant on social transfers & lack access to work #LSEtalksGender
Prof Stephanie seguino: minorities/women 'super excluded' from mortgage credit in 2007 #LSEtalksGender- Prof s...then 'super included' on sub prime #LSEtalksGender
- Seguino: minorities & women super-excluded from mortgage credit but super-included in lending #LSEtalksGender
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