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Albelda, Randy; Himmelweit, Susan and Humphries, Jane eds. (2005). The Dilemmas of lone motherhood: essays from feminist economics. UK: Routledge.

Himmelweit, Susan ed. (2000). Inside the Household: From Labour to Care. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Austen, Siobhan; Himmelweit, Susan; Sharp, Rhonda and Costa, Monica (2024). Negotiating assets in a financialised retirement income system: Evidence from older mixed-sex couple households in Australia. In: Bennett, Fran; Avram, Silvia and Austen, Siobhan eds. A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household. Edward Elgar, pp. 209–224.

Himmelweit, Susan (2023). Gender and taxation. In: Lymer, Andy; May, Margaret and Sinfield, Adrian eds. Taxation and Social Policy. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 182–201.

Himmelweit, Susan (2019). Genuine social security. In: Konzelmann, Sue; Himmelweit, Susan; Smith, Jeremy and Weeks, John eds. Rethinking Britain: Policy Ideas for the Many. Policy Press, pp. 138–140.

de Henau, Jerome and Himmelweit, Susan (2013). Comparing welfare regimes by their effects on intra-household inequalities. In: Ferri, Mireia and Monsonis-Paya, Irene eds. Sustainability and transformation in European Social Policy. Peter Lang, pp. 117–146.

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Bennett, Fran; de Henau, Jerome; Himmelweit, Susan and Sung, Sirin (2012). Financial togetherness and autonomy within couples. In: Scott, Jacqueline; Dex, Shirley and Plagnol, Anke eds. Gendered Lives: Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction. New York: Edward Elgar, pp. 97–122.

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Annesley, Claire and Himmelweit, Susan (2011). Women. In: Yeates, Nicola; Haux, Tina; Jawad, Rana and Kilkey, Majella eds. In defence of welfare: the mpacts of the spending review February 2011. The Social Policy Association, pp. 19–21.

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de Henau, Jerome; Himmelweit, Susan and Santos, Cristina (2010). Gender equality and taxation. A UK case study. In: Grown, Karen and Valodia, Imraan eds. Taxation and gender equity. A comparative analysis of direct and indirect taxes in developing and developed countries. Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 261–298.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2008). Policy on care: a help or hindrance to gender inequality. In: Scott, Jacqueline; Dex, Shirley and Joshi, Heather eds. Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges. Cheltenham and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, pp. 347–368.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2006). Making policymakers more gender aware: experiences and reflections from the Women’s Budget Group in the United Kingdom. In: Hartmann, Heidi ed. Gendering politics and policy: recent developments in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. USA: Haworth Press Inc., pp. 101–121.

Bertie, Andrew; Himmelweit, Susan and Trigg, Andrew (2006). Social norms, cognitive dissonance and broadcasting: How to influence economic agents. In: Bruun, Charlotte ed. Advances in Artificial Economics: The Economy as a Complex Dynamic System. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 584. Berlin: Springer, pp. 235–252.

Himmelweit, Susan (2003). An evolutionary approach to feminist economics: Two different models of caring. In: Barker, Drucilla and Kuiper, Edith eds. Toward a feminist philosophy of economics. Economics as social theory. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 247–265.

Himmelweit, Susan (2002). Economic theory, norms and the care gap, or: why do economists become parents? In: Carling, Alan; Duncan, Simon and Edwards, Rosalind eds. Analysing families: morality and rationality in policy and practice. UK: Routledge, pp. 231–250.

Himmelweit, Susan (2002). Tools for budget impact analysis: taxes and benefits. In: Judd, K ed. Gender Budget Initiatives: strategies, Concepts and experiences. New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), pp. 62–69.

Himmelweit, Susan (2001). Caring for children. In: Himmelweit, Susan; Simonetti, Roberto and Trigg, Andrew eds. Microeconomics: neoclassical and institutionalist perspectives on economic behaviour. London, UK: Thomson Learning Europe, pp. 179–204.

Himmelweit, Susan (2000). Domestic Labour. In: Peterson, Janice and Lewis, Margaret eds. The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 126–135.

de Henau, Jérôme and Himmelweit, Susan (2021). A Care-Led Recovery From Covid-19: Investing in High-Quality Care to Stimulate And Rebalance the Economy. Feminist Economics, 27(1-2) pp. 453–469.

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Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg S.; Einarsdóttir, Þorgerður; Pétursdóttir, Gyða M. and Himmelweit, Susan (2020). Gendered inequalities in competitive grant funding: an overlooked dimension of gendered power relations in academia. Higher Education Research & Development, 39(2)

Himmelweit, Susan; Santos, Cristina; Sevilla, Almudena and Sofer, Catherine (2013). Sharing of resources within the family and the economics of household decision-making. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(3) pp. 625–639.

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Himmelweit, Susan and de Henau, Jerome (2013). Unpacking within-household gender differences in partners’ subjective benefits from household income. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(3) pp. 611–624.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2013). Care: feminist economic theory and policy challenges. Journal of Gender Studies Ochanomizu University, 16 pp. 1–18.

de Henau, Jerome and Himmelweit, Susan (2013). Examining public policy from a gendered intra-household perspective: changes in family-related policies in the UK, Australia and Germany since the mid-nineties. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 3(7) pp. 1222–1248.

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Brennan, Deborah; Cass, Bettina; Himmelweit, Susan and Szebehely, Marta (2012). The marketisation of care: rationales and consequences in Nordic and liberal care regimes. Journal of European Social Policy, 22(4) pp. 377–391.

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Himmelweit, Susan and Land, Hilary (2011). Reducing gender inequalities to create a sustainable care system. Kurswechsel, 4 pp. 49–63.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2007). The prospects for caring: economic theory and policy analysis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(4) pp. 581–599.

Himmelweit, Susan (2007). The right to request flexible working; A 'very British' approach to gender (in)equality. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 33(2) pp. 246–263.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2006). Feminism and Economics. Soundings(33) pp. 151–162.

Himmelweit, Susan (2005). Caring: The need for an economic strategy. Public Policy Research, 12(3) pp. 168–173.

Himmelweit, Susan (2005). Making policymakers more gender aware: experiences and reflections from the women's budget group in the United Kingdom. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 27(1 & 2) pp. 109–121.

Himmelweit, Susan and Sigala, Maria (2004). Choice and the relationship between identities and behaviour for mothers with pre-school children: some implications for policy from a UK study. Journal of Social Policy, 33(3) pp. 455–478.

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Himmelweit, Susan; Bergmann, Barbara; Green, Kate; Albelda, Randy and Koren, Charlotte (2004). Lone Mothers: What is to be done? Feminist Economics, 10(2) pp. 237–264.

Albelda, Randy; Himmelweit, Susan and Humphries, Jane (2004). The dilemmas of lone motherhood: key issues for feminist economics. Feminist Economics, 10(2) pp. 1–7.

Himmelweit, Susan (2002). Making visible the hidden economy: the case for gender-impact analysis of economic policy. Feminist Economics, 8(1) pp. 49–70.

Himmelweit, Susan (2001). The case For gender analysis of budgets and engaging with the policy making process: the UK women’s budget group. In: Engendering the Budget Conference, 2001, Scottish Executive.

de Henau, Jérôme and Himmelweit, Susan (2020). The gendered employment gains of investing in social vs. physical infrastructure: evidence from simulations across seven OECD countries. IKD Working Paper No. 84, The Open University.

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De Henau, Jérôme; Himmelweit, Susan and Perrons, Diane (2017). Investing in the Care Economy – Simulating employment effects by gender in countries in emerging economies. International Trade Union Confederation.

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De Henau, Jérôme; Himmelweit, Susan; Lapniewska, Zofia and Perrons, Diane (2016). Investing in the Care Economy. A gender analysis of employment stimulus in seven OECD countries. International Trade Union Confederation.

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Annesley, Claire and Himmelweit, Susan (2010). The Impact on Women of the Coalition Spending Review 2010. UK Women's Budget Group, London.

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Himmelweit, Susan and Land, Hilary (2010). Change, Choice and Cash in Social Care Policies: Some Lessons from Comparing Childcare and Elder Care. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 74; Economics Department, The Open University.

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Land, Hilary and Himmelweit, Susan (2010). Who Cares: Who Pays? A Report on Personalisation in Social Care. Unison, London.

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Trigg, Andrew B.; Bertie, Andrew J. and Himmelweit, Susan F. (2008). Modelling Bourdieu: An Extension of The Axelrod Cultural Diffusion model. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 68; Economics Department, The Open University.

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de Henau, Jérôme and Himmelweit, Susan (2007). Struggle over the pie? The gendered distribution of power and subjective financial well-being within UK households. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 66; Economics Department, The Open University.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2001). Making visible the hidden economy: the case for gender impact analysis of economic policy. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 42; Economics Department, The Open University.

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Himmelweit, Susan (2000). Alternative rationalities, or why do economists become parents? Open Discussion Papers in Economics 28; Economics Department, The Open University.

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Himmelweit, Susan (1995). What is a Fair Wage: A Critique of the Concept of the Value of Labour-Power. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 10; Economics Department, The Open University.

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Himmelweit, Susan (1995). The Discovery of 'Unpaid Work' the social consequences of the expansion of 'work'. Open Discussion Papers in Economics 6; Economics Department, The Open University.

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