Women, Family, and Work: Writings on the Economics of GenderISBN: 978-0-631-22576-8
Hardcover
256 pages
February 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I Setting the Stage 1
Introduction Setting the Stage: An Introduction and Overview
3
Karine S. Moe
1 A Feminist Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of the Family
9
Marianne A. Ferber
Part II The Economics of Marriage 25
2 Rational Choice and the Price of Marriage 27
Robert Cherry
3 Conceptualizing and Measuring Bargaining Power within the
Household 43
Cheryl Doss
Part III The Division of Work in the Household 63
4 Gains from Trade and Specialization: The Division of Work in
Married Couple Households 65
Leslie S. Stratton
5 But … Who Mows the Lawn?: The Division of Labor in
Same-sex Households 85
Lisa Giddings
Part IV The Economics of Childbearing and Childcaring 103
6 Economic Theories of Fertility 105
Diane Macunovich
7 The Childcare Economics Conundrum: Quality versus
Affordability 125
Julie A. Nelson
8 The Childcare Problem for Low-income Working Families
143
Jean Kimmel
Part V The Gender Gap in Earnings 159
9 The Human Capital Explanation for the Gender Gap in Earnings
161
Joyce P. Jacobsen
10 Occupational Segregation Around the World 177
Debra Barbezat
11 Labor Market Discrimination: A Case Study of MBAs 199
Irene Powell
12 Employment Discrimination, Economists, and the Law 217
Joni Hersch
Index 235