Ailsa McKay

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Ailsa McKay (born May 25, 1963 - March 5, 2014 ) was a Scottish feminist economist and professor of economics at Glasgow Caledonian University . Her research focused on gender inequalities, the welfare state, and feminist economics . She was considered one of the leading British feminist economists, was a member of various expert commissions and was an advisor to the United Nations . Scottish Prime Minister Alex Salmond praised her "amazing contribution as a feminist economist."

Life

McKay received her PhD from the University of Nottingham and was a Reader in Gender and Economics until she was appointed Professor of Economics in 2011. She was also Vice Dean of the Glasgow School for Business and Society until 2013. She was a founding member of the Scottish Women's Budget Group. Since 2006 she has been a visiting professor in gender studies at the Complutense University of Madrid .

Fonts (selection)

As an author

Essays
  • together with Jim Campbell, Morag Gillespie and Anne Meikle: Jobs for the Boys and the Girls. Promoting a Smart Successful Scotland Three Years On . In: Scottish Affairs , Vol. 66 (2009), No. 4, pp. 40-58, ISSN  0966-0356
  • Why a citizens' basic income? A question of gender equality or gender bias . In: Work Employment & Society , Vol. 21 (2007), No. 2, pp. 337-348, ISSN  0950-0170
  • together with Jim Campbell and Emily Thomson: From Gender Blind to Gender Focused. Re-Evaluating the Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Program . In: Scottish Affairs , Vol. 57 (2006), pp. 70-89, ISSN  0966-0356
  • with Jim Campbell and Emily Thomson: How Modern is the Modern Apprenticeship . In: Local Economy , Vol. 20 (2005), No. 3, pp. 294-304, ISSN  0269-0942
  • Rethinking Work and Income Maintenance Policy. Promoting Gender Equality Through a Citizens' Basic Income . In: Feminist Economics , Vol. 7 (2001), No. 1, pp. 97-118, ISSN  1354-5701
  • together with Jo Vanevery: Gender, Family, and Income Maintenance. A Feminist Case for Citizens Basic Income . In: Social Politics , Vol. 7 (2000), No. 2, pp. 266-284, ISSN  1072-4745
Books
  • The Future of Social Security Policy. Women, Work and a Citizen's Basic Income . Routledge, London 2005, ISBN 0-415-34436-0 .

As editor

  • together with Margunn Bjørnholt: Counting on Marilyn Waring. New Advances in Feminist Economics . Demeter Press, Bradford 2014, ISBN 978-1-927335-27-7 (with a foreword by Julie A. Nelson ),

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary: Professor Ailsa McKay, professor of economics , The Scotsman, March 11, 2014
  2. ↑ Alex Salmond leads tributes to Ailsa McKay , The Scotsman, March 6, 2014
  3. ↑ Glasgow School for Business and Society - Professor Ailsa McKay ( Memento from December 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), (English)
  4. ^ Counting on Marilyn Waring . Brunswick Books. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME McKay, Ailsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British feminist economist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1963
DATE OF DEATH 5th March 2014