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Informationen zum Autor Karine S. Moe is Associate Professor of Economics at Macalester College, with a PhD from the University of Minnesota. She has written widely on the subject of gender economics, and has been published in journals such as Feminist Economics and The Review of Economic Dynamics . Klappentext Women, Family, and Work is a collection of original essays on topics related to the economics of gender and the family. Written by leading thinkers in the field, the chapters apply traditional economic theory to non-traditional topics, while also stretching and bending neoclassical economic thought to provide a better model of economic interactions. The chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including the economics of marriage; the division of work in the household; the economics of childbearing and childcare; and the gender gap in wages. The various viewpoints of the essays, including neoclassical and feminist, and heterosexual and homosexual, contribute to the comprehensive nature of the book. This collection explores how economics can be applied to realms outside of the marketplace, and challenges readers to critically examine the connections between the domain of family and care and the domain of labor market work. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of essays on topics related to the economics of gender and the family. The essays apply traditional economic theory to non-traditional topics! while also stretching and bending neoclassical economic thought to provide a better model of economic interactions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
