Women and the economy : family, work, and pay
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Women and the economy : family, work, and pay
(Addison-Wesley series in economics)
Pearson/Addison Wesley, c2005
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Women and the Economy takes a balanced approach to exploring the issues facing women in today's society-family, work, and pay-from a modern economic perspective.
Appropriate for students with a principles of economics or an intermediate microeconomics background, this text provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of the economics of gender and family.
Table of Contents
1. THEORY AND TOOLS.
1. Women and the Economy- An Introduction.
2. Economics Tools and Economic Thinking.
3. Marriage and the Family- An Economic Approach.
4. Marriage and the Family- Economic Issues and Applications.
5. The Economics of Fertility.
6. Non-Marital and Teen Childbearing.
7. Women at Work.
8. Earnings, Occupation, and the Labor Market: An Overview.
9. The Gender Gap in Earnings: Explanations.
10. The Gender Gap in Earnings: Methods and Evidence.
II. POLICY DEBATES AND ISSUES.
11. Women's Employment and Earnings: Policy.
12. Poverty, Welfare, and Women.
13. Women, Taxes, and Social Security.
14. Family Policy.
15. Family Structure and Children's Well-Being.
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