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The economics of women, men, and work / Francine D. Blau, Marianne A. Ferber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs ; Prentice Hall ; London ; Prentice-Hall International (UK), 1992.Edition: 2nd edISBN:
  • 0132337274
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.420973 20
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction. What Economics Is About. Uses of Economic Theory. The Scope of Economics. Individuals, Families, and Households. A Note on Terminology. Outline of the Book. Appendix: A Review of Supply and Demand in the Labor Market -- Ch. 2. Women and Men: Changing Roles in a Changing Economy. The Nature of Males and Females. Factors Influencing Women's Relative Status. Women's Roles and Economic Development. The U.S. Experience. The Preindustrial Period. Industrialization. Industrialization and the Evolution of the Family. Women in the Labor Market -- Ch. 3. The Family as an Economic Unit: The Division of Labor Between Husband and Wife. The Simple Neoclassical Model: Specialization and Exchange. Comparative Advantage. Specialization and Exchange: Numerical Examples. Gains to Specialization and Exchange. Other Advantages of Joint Production and Consumption. The Disadvantages of Specialization. Sharing of Housework. Tastes and Bargaining Power. Life Cycle Changes. Costs of Interdependence. Disadvantages of Specialization: A Summary. Transaction Cost and Bargaining Approaches. Nonmarket Work. Work at Home. Volunteer Work. Policy Issue: Specialization and Taxes. Income Taxation Policy. Social Security System. Appendix: Specialization and Exchange -- Ch. 4. The Allocation of Time Between the Household and the Labor Market. The Labor Force: Some Definitions. Trends in Labor Force Participation. Trends in Labor Force Attachment. The Labor Force Participation Decision. The Budget Constraint. Indifference Curves. The Participation Decision. The Value of Nonmarket Time (w*). Policy Issue: Government Subsidy of Child Care. The Value of Market Time (w). Policy Issue: Taxes and the Decision to Work. Economic Conditions. The Hours Decision. Analyzing Trends in Women's Participation: An Overview. Factors Influencing the Value of Market Time (w). Factors Influencing the Value of Nonmarket Time (w*). The World War II Experience. The Post-World War II Baby Boom. The 1960s to the 1990s: A Period of Change. Analyzing Trends in Men's Participation. Black and White Participation Differentials: An Analysis. Appendix-The Income and Substitution Effects: A Closer Look -- Ch. 5. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: Overview. Occupational Differences. Occupational Segregation. Hierarchies Within Occupations. Evaluating the Extent of Occupational Segregation. Trends in Occupational Segregation. Earnings -- Ch. 6. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Human Capital Model. Human Capital. Gender Differences in Educational Attainment. The Educational Investment Decision. Education and Productivity. Gender Differences in Educational Investment Decisions. Expected Work Life. Societal Discrimination. On-The-Job Training. Gender Differences in Labor Market Experience. The On-The-Job Training Investment Decision. General Training. Firm-Specific Training. Experience and Productivity. Gender Differences in Training Investment Decisions. Expected Work Life. Discrimination. Occupations and Earnings. Other Supply-Side Factors. The Human Capital Explanation: An Assessment. Policy Issues: Increasing Women's Human Capital and Labor Force Attachment. Government Training Programs. The Role of Employers -- Ch. 7. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Role of Labor Market Discrimination. Labor Market Discrimination: A Definition. Empirical Evidence. Earnings Differences. Occupational Differences. Models of Labor Market Discrimination. Tastes for Discrimination. Statistical Discrimination. The Overcrowding Model. Institutional Models. Feedback Effects. Policy Issue: The Government and Equal Employment Opportunity. Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and Regulations. Effectiveness of the Government's Antidiscrimination Effort. Affirmative Action. Comparable Worth. Policy Issue: Women and Unions. Representation of Women in Labor Organizations. Benefits of Union Membership. Reasons for the Underrepresentation of Women in Unions. Prospects for the Future -- Ch. 8. Differences in Joblessness: Discouragement, Frictional and. Structural Unemployment. Definition of Unemployment. Cost of Unemployment to the Economy. The Burden of Unemployment for Individuals. Full Employment. Incidence of Unemployment. Gender and Unemployment. Women and the Full Employment Target. Gender Differences in the Burden of Unemployment -- Ch. 9. Changing Work Roles and the Family. Marriage. Fertility. Divorce. Wife's Contributions to Earnings. Satisfaction Within the Family. Wife. Husband. Children. Policy Issue: Parental Leave and Child Care Subsidies. Female-Headed Families. Policy Issue: Raising the Incomes of Female-Headed Families -- Ch. 10. Gender Differences in Other Countries: What Can We Learn from International Comparisons? Indicators of Women's Economic Status. Labor Force Participation. Occupational Segregation. The Male-Female Earnings Gap. Government and Employer Programs for Working Families in Advanced Industrialized Countries. Household Work. Patterns and Interpretations. Women in Developing Countries. Women in the Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Marxist Ideology and Soviet Practice. Sweden: Ideology Vs. Tradition.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Previous ed.: 1986.

Includes indexes.

Ch. 1. Introduction. What Economics Is About. Uses of Economic Theory. The Scope of Economics. Individuals, Families, and Households. A Note on Terminology. Outline of the Book. Appendix: A Review of Supply and Demand in the Labor Market -- Ch. 2. Women and Men: Changing Roles in a Changing Economy. The Nature of Males and Females. Factors Influencing Women's Relative Status. Women's Roles and Economic Development. The U.S. Experience. The Preindustrial Period. Industrialization. Industrialization and the Evolution of the Family. Women in the Labor Market -- Ch. 3. The Family as an Economic Unit: The Division of Labor Between Husband and Wife. The Simple Neoclassical Model: Specialization and Exchange. Comparative Advantage. Specialization and Exchange: Numerical Examples. Gains to Specialization and Exchange. Other Advantages of Joint Production and Consumption. The Disadvantages of Specialization. Sharing of Housework. Tastes and Bargaining Power. Life Cycle Changes. Costs of Interdependence. Disadvantages of Specialization: A Summary. Transaction Cost and Bargaining Approaches. Nonmarket Work. Work at Home. Volunteer Work. Policy Issue: Specialization and Taxes. Income Taxation Policy. Social Security System. Appendix: Specialization and Exchange -- Ch. 4. The Allocation of Time Between the Household and the Labor Market. The Labor Force: Some Definitions. Trends in Labor Force Participation. Trends in Labor Force Attachment. The Labor Force Participation Decision. The Budget Constraint. Indifference Curves. The Participation Decision. The Value of Nonmarket Time (w*). Policy Issue: Government Subsidy of Child Care. The Value of Market Time (w). Policy Issue: Taxes and the Decision to Work. Economic Conditions. The Hours Decision. Analyzing Trends in Women's Participation: An Overview. Factors Influencing the Value of Market Time (w). Factors Influencing the Value of Nonmarket Time (w*). The World War II Experience. The Post-World War II Baby Boom. The 1960s to the 1990s: A Period of Change. Analyzing Trends in Men's Participation. Black and White Participation Differentials: An Analysis. Appendix-The Income and Substitution Effects: A Closer Look -- Ch. 5. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: Overview. Occupational Differences. Occupational Segregation. Hierarchies Within Occupations. Evaluating the Extent of Occupational Segregation. Trends in Occupational Segregation. Earnings -- Ch. 6. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Human Capital Model. Human Capital. Gender Differences in Educational Attainment. The Educational Investment Decision. Education and Productivity. Gender Differences in Educational Investment Decisions. Expected Work Life. Societal Discrimination. On-The-Job Training. Gender Differences in Labor Market Experience. The On-The-Job Training Investment Decision. General Training. Firm-Specific Training. Experience and Productivity. Gender Differences in Training Investment Decisions. Expected Work Life. Discrimination. Occupations and Earnings. Other Supply-Side Factors. The Human Capital Explanation: An Assessment. Policy Issues: Increasing Women's Human Capital and Labor Force Attachment. Government Training Programs. The Role of Employers -- Ch. 7. Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Role of Labor Market Discrimination. Labor Market Discrimination: A Definition. Empirical Evidence. Earnings Differences. Occupational Differences. Models of Labor Market Discrimination. Tastes for Discrimination. Statistical Discrimination. The Overcrowding Model. Institutional Models. Feedback Effects. Policy Issue: The Government and Equal Employment Opportunity. Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and Regulations. Effectiveness of the Government's Antidiscrimination Effort. Affirmative Action. Comparable Worth. Policy Issue: Women and Unions. Representation of Women in Labor Organizations. Benefits of Union Membership. Reasons for the Underrepresentation of Women in Unions. Prospects for the Future -- Ch. 8. Differences in Joblessness: Discouragement, Frictional and. Structural Unemployment. Definition of Unemployment. Cost of Unemployment to the Economy. The Burden of Unemployment for Individuals. Full Employment. Incidence of Unemployment. Gender and Unemployment. Women and the Full Employment Target. Gender Differences in the Burden of Unemployment -- Ch. 9. Changing Work Roles and the Family. Marriage. Fertility. Divorce. Wife's Contributions to Earnings. Satisfaction Within the Family. Wife. Husband. Children. Policy Issue: Parental Leave and Child Care Subsidies. Female-Headed Families. Policy Issue: Raising the Incomes of Female-Headed Families -- Ch. 10. Gender Differences in Other Countries: What Can We Learn from International Comparisons? Indicators of Women's Economic Status. Labor Force Participation. Occupational Segregation. The Male-Female Earnings Gap. Government and Employer Programs for Working Families in Advanced Industrialized Countries. Household Work. Patterns and Interpretations. Women in Developing Countries. Women in the Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Marxist Ideology and Soviet Practice. Sweden: Ideology Vs. Tradition.