Women and the Economy - Family, Work and Pay

Hoffman, Averett and Argys'' Women and the Economy is the only economics book that provides a broad analysis of the economic issues relating to women, ranging from marriage and family to work and pay, along with coverage of contemporary empirical research and policy issues.Women and the Economy uses contemporary economic theory to analyse various aspects of women''s lives, examining labour economics, economics of the family, economics of fertility and gender inequalities. The core market is students on upper-level, optional modules on undergraduate economics courses and the book assumes a basic level of economics. New to this edition :Enhanced discussion of intersectionalityMore coverage of the childcare marketGreater reference to LGBTQ issuesIssues of race integrated throughout the text Increased comparative analysis between women in US and women in other industrialized economiesNew end-of-chapter exercises/problem questionsNew research findings and relevant emerging policy issues integrated in each chapter>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware, USA.Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College, USA.Dr Laura Argys is Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Laura Argys, Susan L Averett, Susan L. Averett, Saul D Hoffman, Saul D. Hoffman, Hoffman Saul D.
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.05.2025
• EAN: 9781350420663
• ISBN: 978-1-350-42066-3
• Seiten: 424
• Abmessung: 192 mm x 260 mm x 24 mm
• Themen: Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; Business & Economics / General, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Gender studies: women and girls