Research studies from the Summer School of International Research in Pontignano, University of Siena.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword: Francesca Bettio and Alina Verashchagina -- Historical perspectives. Women in the history of economic thought through gender lenses / Annalisa Rosselli and Cristina Marcuzzo; The historical construction of gender: reflections on gender and economic history / Patricia Hudson -- Theoretical developments. A gender neutral approach to gender issues / Alessandro Cigno; The gender gap /Graciela Chichilnisky -- Ghosts in the machine: a post Keynesian analysis of gender relations, households, and macroeconomics / Haroon Akram Lodhi and Lucia C. Hanmer; A fresh look at households. Conceptualizing care / Nancy Folbre; Gender and household decision making / Shelly Lundberg -- Labour market debates. Gender differences across Europe / Peter Dolton, Oscar Marcenaro-Guttierez and Ali Skalli; Occupational segregation and gender wage disparities in developed economies. should we still worry? / Francesca Bettio; The transition from planned to market economies: how are women faring? / Marina Malysheva and Alina Verashchagina -- Lessons from the laboratory.The gender gap: using the lab as a window on the market / Catherine Eckel; The gender effect in the laboratory. Experimenter bias and altruism / Alessandro Innocenti and Maria Grazia Pazienza -- Institutions matter. Gender and the political economy of knowledge / Ann Mary May.