Women, family, and work : writings on the economics of gender /
edited by Karine S. Moe.
- Oxford, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2003.
- xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the stage / Karine S. Moe -- A feminist critique of the neoclassical theory of the family / Marianne A. Ferber -- Rational choice and the price of marriage / Robert Cherry -- Conceptualizing and measuring bargaining power within the household / Cheryl Doss -- Gains from trade and specialization / Leslie Stratton -- But-- who mows the lawn? / Lisa Giddings -- Economic theories of fertility / Diane Macunovich -- The child care economics conundrum / Julie Nelson -- The child care problem for low-income working families / Jean Kimmel -- The human capital explanation for the gender gap in earnings / Joyce P. Jacobsen -- Occupational segregation around the world / Debra Barbezat -- Labor market discrimination / Irene Powell -- Employment discrimination, economics, and the law / Joni Hersch.