Description
For courses found in Economics Departments and Departments of Women's
Studies, on The Economics of Women, Women and Work, or the Economics of Gender
The most current and comprehensive source available for research, data, and analysis
on women, gender, and economics
Contents
1. Introduction.
2. Women and Men: Changing Roles in a Changing Economy.
3. The Family as an Economic Unit.
4. The Allocation of Time Between the Household and the Labor Market.
5. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: Overview.
6. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Human Capital Model.
7. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Role of Labor Market
Discrimination.
8. Recent Developments in the Labor Market: Their Impact on Women and Men.
9. Changing Work Roles and the Family.
10. Policies Affecting Paid Work and Family.
11. Gender Differences in Other Countries.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
464 pages Paperback