This piece was written for the Centre for Economic Empowerment (CEE) and forms part of the CEE publication - Economic Insights - which aims to make a small contribution to broadening debate and making accessible knowledge about economic issues in Northern Ireland and beyond.
Ailsa McKay is Professor of Economics at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is a founding member of both the Scottish Women’s Budget Group and the European Gender Budget Network and is a member of the International Association for Feminist Economics.