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The Gender of Capital. How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality

hal.structure.identifierInstitut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales [IRISSO]
dc.contributor.authorBessière, Céline
hal.structure.identifierCentre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris [CRESPPA]
dc.contributor.authorGollac, Sibylle
HAL ID: 741782
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T10:29:55Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T10:29:55Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.isbn9780674271791en
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.psl.eu/handle/123456789/23222
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectfemmeen
dc.subjectsuccessionen
dc.subjectcapitalismeen
dc.subjectrelation homme femmeen
dc.subjectdiscrimination sexuelleen
dc.subject.ddc305en
dc.titleThe Gender of Capital. How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequalityen
dc.typeOuvrage
dc.description.abstractenIn many countries, property law grants equal rights to men and women. Why, then, do women still accumulate less wealth than men? Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital explains how and why, in every class of society, women are economically disadvantaged with respect to their husbands, fathers, and brothers. The reasons lie with the unfair economic arrangements that play out in divorce proceedings, estate planning, and other crucial situations where law and family life intersect.Céline Bessière and Sibylle Gollac argue that, whatever the law intends, too many outcomes are imprinted with unthought sexism. In private decisions, old habits die hard: families continue to allocate resources disproportionately to benefit boys and men. Meanwhile, the legal profession remains in thrall to assumptions that reinforce gender inequality. Bessière and Gollac marshal a range of economic data documenting these biases. They also examine scores of family histories and interview family members, lawyers, and notaries to identify the accounting tricks that tip the scales in favor of men.Women across the class spectrum—from poor single mothers to MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos—can face systematic economic disadvantages in divorce cases. The same is true in matters of inheritance and succession in family-owned businesses. Moreover, these disadvantages perpetuate broader social disparities beyond gender inequality. As Bessière and Gollac make clear, the appropriation of capital by men has helped to secure the rigid hierarchies of contemporary class society itself.en
dc.publisher.cityCambridgeen
dc.subject.ddclabelStructure de la sociétéen
dc.identifier.citationdate2023
dc.relation.forthcomingnonen
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dc.description.audienceInternationalen
dc.date.updated2022-11-17T08:55:09Z
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