The economics of gender

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The economics of gender

Joyce P. Jacobsen

Blackwell, 1994

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9781557863881

内容説明

This text provides an introduction to the new work on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities and rewards. Although Jacobsen's primary focus is on contemporary US patterns, she devotes three separate chapters to the experience of women and men in developed countries with and without market economies and in developing countries. She also takes a close look at the evolution of contemporary patterns over time and the impact on them of race, ethnicity and class. Throughout, she discusses the pros and cons of policies that affect men and women differently: the implementation of "comparable worth" and the effects of welfare programmes, for example. The text features many real-life examples and anecdotes. Appendices provide both additional help for readers who have not had a course in economics and further detail for the more advanced. This book should be useful as a primary text for the growing number of courses on gender and economics, as supplementary reading in a variety of courses in labour economics, economic policy and women's studies, and as a one-stop reference by academics and policy-makers in a wide range of fields.

目次

Part I - What are the issues in the economics of gender? 1. Introduction 2. Gender differences in the US economy. Part II - Why do women and men work? 3. The household as economic unit 4. Labour force participation: Analysis of trends 5. Labour force participation: Consequences for family structure. Part III - The earnings puzzle: Why do women earn less than men? 6. Gender segregation in the work-place 7. Causes of earnings differences 8. Causes of earnings differences: Compensating differentials 9. Causes of earnings differences: Discrimination. Part IV - Cross-societal comparisons.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781557863898

内容説明

This text provides an introduction to the new work on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities and rewards. Although Jacobsen's primary focus is on contemporary US patterns, she devotes three separate chapters to the experience of women and men in developed countries with and without market economies and in developing countries. She also takes a close look at the evolution of contemporary patterns over time and the impact on them of race, ethnicity and class. Throughout, she discusses the pros and cons of policies that affect men and women differently: the implementation of "comparable worth" and the effects of welfare programmes, for example. The text features many real-life examples and anecdotes. Appendices provide both additional help for readers who have not had a course in economics and further detail for the more advanced. This book should be useful as a primary text for the growing number of courses on gender and economics, as supplementary reading in a variety of courses in labour economics, economic policy and women's studies, and as a one-stop reference by academics and policy-makers in a wide range of fields.

目次

Part I - What are the issues in the economics of gender? 1. Introduction. 2. Gender differences in the US economy. Part II - Why do women and men work? 3. The household as economic unit 4. Labour force participation: Analysis of trends 5. Labour force participation: Consequences for family structure. Part III - The earnings puzzle: Why do women earn less than men? 6. Gender segregation in the work-place 7. Causes of earnings differences 8. Causes of earnings differences: Compensating differentials 9. Causes of earnings differences: Discrimination. Part IV - Cross-societal comparisons.

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