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Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay
Saul D. Hoffman, University of Delaware
Susan Averett, Lafayette College

ISBN-10: 0201745593
ISBN-13:  9780201745597

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2005
Format:  Paper; 456 pp
Published:  05/06/2004
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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.


Features

  • Authors' focus on mainstream, contemporary economic models clarifies issues and changes in the economic life of women with the goal of broadening students' understanding and challenging their underlying beliefs.
  • Economic theories are tested and supported through the use of rich empirical studies, including statistics and evidence drawn from a variety of geographically, culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse groups, to present a fuller picture of the relationship between women and the economy.
  • Entire chapters devoted to family leave, Social Security, tax policy, poverty and welfare, and childcare demonstrate a strong focus on policy analysis.
  • Timely and provocative applications, such as the decline in marriage, the rise in non-marital childbearing, and the causes and consequences of teenage childbearing, shed light on current trends and events.


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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