Catherine Hakim
London School of Economics, UK
Biography
Catherine Hakim is a pioneering social scientist, Professorial Research Fellow with Civitas, a London think tank, and a regular commentator in the media. She has worked in the Centre for Policy Studies, London, and the WZB research institute in Berlin. Her professional experience spans central government, consultancy, and academia. In the British Ministry of Employment, she initiated research on occupational segregation, the pay gap, and home-based work. As a Senior Research Fellow and Professor in the London School of Economics she developed Preference Theory, and a theory of the social and economic value of Erotic Capital. She is an internationally recognized expert on women's employment, social and family policy, voluntary childlessness and the male sexual deficit. Her publications include over 100 papers published in social science journals and edited collections, several textbooks, including Key Issues in Women’s Work and Research Design, books and research monographs. See www.catherinehakim.org
Abstract
Abstract : The male sexual deficit: A social fact of the 21st century – and its many consequences