Can behavioural economics contribute to feminist discussions?

Feminist and other heterodox economists have provided a detailed and sustained critique of the standard model of an economic decision maker: Homoeconomicus, or rational economic man. The notions of rationality embedded in this model, its asocial and context-free nature, as well as its complete absen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Austen, Siobhan, Jefferson, Therese
Format: Working Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46114