Household Divisions of Labour - Teamwork, Gender and Time

Informationen zum Autor ELISA ROSE BIRCH is Assistant Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. Her research interests include labour supply, the economics of the family, wage differentials and educational outcomes.   ANH T. LE is Assistant Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. Her research interests include labour market outcomes of female immigrants, educational attainment, self-employment and the labour market activities of ex-offenders.   PAUL W. MILLER is Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. His primary research interest is in labour economics, particularly as it relates to educational attainment and gender. His recent publications include The Economics of Language: International Analyses' (co-authored). Klappentext This book investigates the extent of gender inequality in the division of labour in the modern household. Through comparisons of the time allocations of single couple families without children! couple families with children and lone parents! a comprehensive account of the evolution of gender inequality over a typical lifecourse is presented. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the extent of gender inequality in the division of labour in the modern household. Through comparisons of the time allocations of single couple families without children! couple families with children and lone parents! a comprehensive account of the evolution of gender inequality over a typical lifecourse is presented. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Time Use Surveys Time Use: What Previous Studies Tell Us Singles Couples without Children Couples with Children Lone Parents Conclusion References

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction Time Use Surveys Time Use: What Previous Studies Tell Us Singles Couples without Children Couples with Children Lone Parents Conclusion References

Über den Autor / die Autorin

ELISA ROSE BIRCH is Assistant Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. Her research interests include labour supply, the economics of the family, wage differentials and educational outcomes.


 


ANH T. LE is Assistant Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. Her research interests include labour market outcomes of female immigrants, educational attainment, self-employment and the labour market activities of ex-offenders.


 


PAUL W. MILLER is Professor in the Economics Program at the University of Western Australia. His primary research interest is in labour economics, particularly as it relates to educational attainment and gender. His recent publications include
The Economics of Language: International Analyses'
(co-authored).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Birch, E Birch, E. Birch, Elisa Rose Birch, Elisa Rose Le Birch, Le, A Le, A. Le, Anh T. Le, P W Miller, P. W. Miller, Paul W. Miller
• Mitarbeit: Elisa Rose Birch (Herausgeber), Anh T. Le (Herausgeber), Paul W. Miller (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.11.2009
• EAN: 9780230201583
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20158-3
• Seiten: 266
• Serien: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life; Palgrave MacMillan Studies in; Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
• Themen: Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Familie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Economic Sociology, Family, Social groups, Sociology: family & relationships, Labour Economics, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, families, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, Families—Social aspects, Labor Economics, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, children;evolution;Familie;gender