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>

Product details

• Authors: Laura Argys, Susan L Averett, Susan L. Averett, Saul D Hoffman, Saul D. Hoffman, Hoffman Saul D.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781350420694
• ISBN: 978-1-350-42069-4
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 280 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Business & Economics / General, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Gender studies: women and girls