2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'The UK Women''s Budget Group (WBG) is a think tank focusing on the gender
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implications of economic policy that attempts to influence UK government
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policy to be more gender aware and adopt policies that decrease gender
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inequality. The WBG has had the over-arching aim of encouraging the
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government to take account of gender ill policy formation and to monitor
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and hold itself accountable for the gender effects of its policies. At
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the same time the WBG has advised the government on the gender effects
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of particular policies and proposed inodifications to make policies more
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supportive of (or less harmful to) women, and poor women in particular.
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Such advice hag covered a number of areas, including fiscal policy, tax
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credits, income support, financial Support for children, childcare
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policy, maternity and parental leave, work-life balance policies,
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pensions, pay equity, training and productivity, the use of indicators
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and the collection of government statistics. While the government has
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been keen to acknowledge the WBG''s influence on certain policies, in
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other areas the WBG has had no discernible effect on policy. This
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analysis focuses on several common gender issues, including taking
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account of gendered life-courses, intra- as well as inter-household
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gender inequalities, valuing and remunerating care and accounting for
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unpaid work, to assess the WBG''s impact and possible reasons for success
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or failure.'
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affiliation: Open Univ, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England.
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author: Himmelweit, S
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author_list:
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- family: Himmelweit
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given: S
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1300/J501v27n01\_07
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files: []
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issn: 1554-477X
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journal: JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS \& POLICY
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keywords: 'children; welfare; tax policy; United Kingdom; intra-household
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allocation; care work'
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language: English
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number: 1-2
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number-of-cited-references: '10'
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pages: 109-121
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papis_id: 97467532992a3941f6a1189ed1669bcb
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ref: Himmelweit2005makingpolicymakers
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times-cited: '7'
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title: 'Making policymakers more gender aware: Experiences and reflections from the
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Women''s Budget Group in the United Kingdom'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000235549200007
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '20'
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volume: '27'
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web-of-science-categories: Political Science; Women's Studies
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year: '2005'
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