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The Economics of Women, Men, and Work

by: Blau, Francine D; Ferber, Marianne A; Winkler, Anne E

The Economics of Women, Men, and Work

by: Blau, Francine D; Ferber, Marianne A; Winkler, Anne E

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9780131851542
ISBN 10:
0131851543
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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"The Economics of Women, Men, and Work, Fifth Edition, defines the study of women, men, and work in the labor market and the household. Blau, Ferber, and Winkler comprehensively analyzed recent developments in the labor market and their consequences for men and women, to again provide a single volume with the most current summary and synthesis of research and data on gender issues in the labor market."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface

xvii

Introduction

(12)

What Economics Is About

(1)

Uses of Economic Theory

(1)

The Scope of Economics

(1)

Individuals, Families, and Households

(1)

A Note on Terminology

(1)

Outline of the Book

(1)

Appendix: A Review of Supply and Demand in the Labor Market

(4)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

Women and Men: Changing Roles in a Changing Economy

(22)

The Nature of Males and Females

(1)

The Role of Sociobiology in Explaining Gender Differences

(3)

Factors Influencing Women's Relative Status

(1)

Women's Roles and Economic Development

(2)

The U.S. Experience

(12)

The Preindustrial Period

(1)

Industrialization

(1)

Industrialization and the Evolution of the Family

(5)

Women in the Labor Market

(5)

Conclusion

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

Suggested Readings

(1)

The Family as an Economic Unit

(50)

The Simple Neoclassical Model: Specialization and Exchange

(5)

Comparative Advantage

(1)

Specialization and Exchange: Numerical Examples

(2)

Gains to Specialization and Exchange

(2)

Other Advantages of Families

(1)

Economies of Scale

(1)

Public Goods

(1)

Externalities in Consumption

(1)

Marriage-Specific Investments

(1)

Risk Pooling

(1)

Institutional Advantages

(1)

Disadvantages of Specialization

(6)

Sharing of Housework

(1)

Life Cycle Changes

(1)

Costs of Interdependence

(1)

Tastes and Bargaining Power

(2)

Domestic Violence

(1)

Disadvantages of Specialization: A Summary

(1)

Transaction Cost and Bargaining Approaches

(4)

Marxist and Radical Feminist Views of the Family

(2)

Nonmarket Work

(15)

Housework

(7)

Volunteer Work

(3)

Estimating the Value of Nonmarket Production

(4)

The American Family in the Twenty-First Century

(4)

Conclusion

(1)

Appendix: Specialization and Exchange: A Graphical Analysis

(8)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

The Allocation of Time between the Household and the Labor Market

(51)

The Labor Force: Some Definitions

(2)

Trends in Labor Force Participation

(4)

Trends in Labor Force Attachment

(3)

Trends in Hours Worked

(1)

The Labor Supply Decision

(22)

The Budget Constraint

(1)

Indifference Curves

(3)

The Participation Decision

102

(2)

The Value of Nonmarket Time (w*)

104

(5)

The Value of Market Time (w)

109

(4)

The Hours Decision

113

(1)

Empirical Evidence on Income and Substitution Effects

113

(2)

Economic Conditions

115

(1)

Some Applications of the Theory: Taxes, Child Care Costs, and Labor Supply

116

(2)

Analyzing Trends in Women's Participation: An Overview

118

(4)

Factors Influencing the Value of Market Time (w)

118

(2)

Factors Influencing the Value of Nonmarket Time (w*)

120

(2)

The World War II Experience

122

(2)

The Post--World War II Baby Boom

124

(1)

The 1960s to the 1980s: Increased Participation of Married Mothers

125

(2)

The 1990s and Early 2000s: Diverging Participation Trends for Married and Single Mothers

127

(1)

Analyzing Trends in Men's Participation

128

(1)

Black and White Participation Differentials: A Closer Look

129

(3)

Conclusion

132

Appendix: The Income and Substitution Effects: A Closer Look

131

(3)

Questions for Review and Discussion

134

(1)

Suggested Readings

134

(2)

Differences in Occupations and Earnings: Overview

136

(22)

Occupational Differences

137

(7)

Occupational Segregation

141

(2)

Hierarchies Within Occupations

143

(1)

Evaluating the Extent of Occupational Segregation

143

(1)

Trends in Occupational Segregation

144

(3)

Female-Male Earnings Ratio

147

(9)

Conclusion

156

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

157

(1)

Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Human Capital Model

158

(44)

What Is Human Capital?

160

(1)

Gender Differences in Educational Attainment

161

(4)

The Educational Investment Decision

165

(5)

Education and Productivity

170

(1)

Gender Differences in Educational Investment Decisions: The Human Capital Analysis

171

(3)

Expected Work Life

171

(3)

Gender Differences in Educational Investment Decisions: Other Factors

174

(8)

Socialization

174

(3)

Gender-Appropriate Traits and Competencies

177

(2)

Biased Evaluations

179

(1)

Discrimination by Educational Institutions

179

(1)

Subtle Barriers

180

(2)

Policy Issue: The Role of Government in Combating Discrimination in Educational Institutions

182

(1)

Explaining Women's Rising Educational Attainment

183

(1)

On-the-Job Training

184

(1)

Gender Differences in Labor Market Experience

185

(1)

The On-the-Job Training Investment Decision

186

(3)

General Training

186

(1)

Firm-Specific Training

187

(2)

Experience and Productivity

189

(1)

Gender Differences in Training Investment Decisions

190

(3)

Expected Work Life

190

(2)

Discrimination

192

(1)

Occupations and Earnings

193

(1)

Other Supply-Side Factors

194

(2)

The Human Capital Explanation: An Assessment

196

(4)

Conclusion

200

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

200

(1)

Suggested Readings

201

(1)

Differences in Occupations and Earnings: The Role of Labor Market Discrimination

202

(54)

Labor Market Discrimination: A Definition

203

(1)

Empirical Evidence of Labor Market Discrimination

204

(14)

Earnings Differences

204

(7)

Occupational Differences

211

(7)

Models of Labor Market Discrimination

218

(16)

Tastes for Discrimination

218

(8)

Statistical Discrimination

226

(2)

The Overcrowding Model

228

(3)

Institutional Models

231

(2)

Feedback Effects

233

(1)

Policy Issue: The Government and Equal Employment Opportunity

234

(15)

Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and Regulations

235

(5)

Effectiveness of the Government's Antidiscrimination Effort

240

(2)

Affirmative Action

242

(3)

Comparable Worth

245

(4)

Conclusion

249

(1)

Appendix: Regression Analysis and Empirical Estimates of Labor Market Discrimination

250

(4)

Questions for Review and Discussion

254

(1)

Suggested Readings

255

(1)

Recent Developments in the Labor Market: Their Impact on Women and Men

256

(33)

Trends in Female and Male Wages

257

(2)

The Declining Gender Pay Gap

259

(6)

Determinants of Trends in the Gender Pay Gap

259

(1)

Empirical Results for the 1980s

260

(4)

Empirical Results for the 1990s

264

(1)

The Rising Payoff to Education

265

(2)

Changing Labor Market Dynamics

267

(7)

The High-Churning U.S. Labor Market

267

(1)

Unemployment

268

(2)

Suggested Readings

287

(2)

Changing Work Roles and the Family

289

(37)

Economic Explanations for Family Formation

290

(20)

Marriage

290

(4)

Divorce

294

(5)

Cohabitation: Opposite-Sex, Unmarried Couples

299

(2)

Cohabitation: Gay and Lesbian Couples

301

(2)

Fertility

303

(7)

Changing Family Structure and Economic Well-Being

310

(13)

Dual-Earner Families

310

(4)

Maternal Employment and Children's Outcomes

314

(2)

Single-Parent Families

316

(6)

Family Structure and Children's Outcomes

322

(1)

Conclusion

323

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

324

(1)

Suggested Readings

324

(2)

Policies Affecting Paid Work and the Family

326

(45)

Policies to Alleviate Poverty

326

(14)

AFDC: Our Former Welfare Program

327

(2)

The Iron Triangle of Welfare

329

(1)

Employment Strategies

330

(1)

TANF: Our Current Welfare Program

331

(5)

The Earned Income Tax Credit

336

(2)

Child Support Enforcement

338

(2)

Taxes, Specialization, and Marriage

340

(8)

Income Taxation Policy

341

(4)

The Social Security System

345

(3)

The Competing Demands of Work and Family

348

(2)

Who Is Responsible for Children?

350

(2)

Family-Friendly Policies

352

(15)

Family Leave

353

(3)

Child Care

356

(6)

Alternative Work Schedules

362

(2)

Flexible Benefits

364

(1)

Policies to Assist Couples

364

(3)

Conclusion

367

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

368

(1)

Suggested Readings

369

(2)

Gender Differences in Other Countries

371

(50)

The Economic Status of the World's Women: Overview

372

(14)

Labor Force Participation

372

(5)

Occupations

377

(1)

Earnings

378

(1)

Educational Attainment

379

(1)

Fertility

380

(2)

Housework

382

(1)

Women's Role in Government and Their Standing Before the Law

383

(1)

Interpretations and Implications

383

(3)

A Comparison of the United States to Other Economically Advanced Countries

386

(17)

Labor Force Participation

389

(1)

Occupations

390

(3)

The Gender-Wage Gap

393

(5)

Demographic Trends

398

(4)

Housework

402

(1)

Summary on Economically Advanced Countries

402

(1)

Developing Countries

403

(11)

Education as the Pathway to Empowerment

403

(2)

Fertility and Population Control

405

(3)

Child Labor

408

(2)

Microcredit for Women: Lifeline or Mirage?

410

(3)

Summary on Women in Developing Countries

413

(1)

Countries of the Former Soviet Bloc

414

(3)

Conclusion

417

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

417

(1)

Suggested Readings

418

(3)

Author Index

421

(10)

Subject Index

431

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