The economics of gender
By: Joyce P. Jacobsen.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405161824
Subjects: Women -- Economic conditions; Women -- Social conditions; Sex role in the work environment; Sex discrimination
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gender differences in the U.S. economy; title: The household as economic unit; title: Labor force participation : analysis of trends; title: Labor force participation : consequences for family structure; title: Gender segregation in the workplace; title: Causes of earnings differences: human capital; title: Causes of earnings differences : compensating differentials; title: Causes of earnings differences : discrimination; title: Industrialized capitalist societies; title: Socialist and cooperative societies; title: Nonindustrialized traditional societies; title: Effects of the development process on gender differences; title: Gender differences in U.S. economic history; title: Race, ethnicity, and class considerations in interpreting gender differences; title: Policy proposals.