The economics of women, men, and work / Francine D. Blau, Cornell University, Marianne A. Ferber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Anne E. Winkler, University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Author: Blau, Francine D.

Edition Statement:Seventh edition.

Imprint:Boston : Pearson, [2014]

Descriptionxxvi, 453 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Note:Includes indexes.

Note:pt. I. Introduction and historical perspectives -- 1. Introduction -- Economics -- Individuals families, and households -- Appendix 1A. A review of supply and demand in the labor market -- 2. Women and men : historical perspectives -- Source of gender differences ; nature versus nurture -- Factors influencing women's relative status -- Women's roles and economic development -- The U.S. experience -- Colonial America : the preindustrial period -- Period of industrialization -- The evolution of the family and women's labor force participation -- Occupations and earnings of women in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- pt. II. The allocation of time between the household and the labor market -- 3. The family as an economic unit : theoretical perspectives -- Simple neoclassical model : specialization and exchange -- Disadvantages of specialization -- Advantages of families beyond specialization -- Transaction cost and bargaining approaches -- Appendix 3A. Specialization and exchange : a graphical analysis -- 4. The family as an economic unit : evidence -- Time spent in nonmarket work -- Housework -- Children -- Volunteer work -- The American family in the Twenty-first Century -- 5. The labor force : definitions and trends -- Trends in labor force participation -- Broad labor force trends by gender : 1890 to the present -- Labor force trends by race/ethnicity -- Labor force trends over the life cycle -- Trends in labor force attachment of women -- Trends in hours worked -- Trends in gender differences in unemployment -- 6. The labor supply decision -- The budget constraint -- Indifference curves -- Substitution in consumption -- Substitution in production -- Substitution between market goods and nonmarket time -- Value of nonmarket time -- Value of market time -- Empirical evidence on the responsiveness of labor supply to wages and income -- Economic conditions -- Some applications of the theory : taxes, child care costs, and labor supply -- Taxes and the decision to work -- Government subsidies of child care and women's labor force participation -- Analyzing the log-term growth in women's labor force participation -- Analyzing trends in men's labor force participation -- Black and white participation differentials : serious employment problems for black men -- Appendix 6A. Income substitution effects --pt. III. Labor market outcomes : theory, evidence and policy -- 7. Evidence on gender differences in labor market outcomes -- The gender pay ratio -- Gender differences in union membership -- Gender differences in self-employment -- Gender differences in nonstandard work -- 8. Gender differences in educational attainment : theory and evidence -- Supply and demand -- Human capital -- Evidence on gender differences in educational attainment -- Education and productivity -- Subtle barriers : role models, mentoring, and networking -- Policy issues : Title IX : sports, academics, and the status of single-sex education -- Explaining women's rising educational attainment -- 9. Other supply-side sources of gender differences in labor market outcomes : on-the-job training, family gaps, psychological attributes, and math test scores -- Male marriage premium -- Motherhood wage penalty -- 10. Evidence on the sources of gender differences in earnings and occupations : supply-side factors versus labor market discrimination -- A look at subgroups of college graduates, lawyers, and MBAs -- Declining gender pay gap -- Widening wage inequality -- Blau-Kahn study -- Occupational segregation -- Glass ceiling -- 11. Labor market discrimination : theory -- Employer discrimination -- Employee discrimination -- Customer discrimination -- Statistical discrimination -- The overcrowding model -- The internal labor market -- Primary and secondary jobs -- Feedback effects -- 12. Government policies to combat employment discrimination -- Equal employment opportunity laws and regulations -- Equal Pay Act -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -- Executive Order 11246 and Affirmative Action -- Major court decisions and legislation that have shaped the equal employment laws and regulations -- Exceptions to Title VII due to Bona fide occupational qualifications -- Rulings regarding sex plus another characteristic -- Disparate treatment and disparate impact -- 1991 Civil Rights Act -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual orientation -- The Lilly Ledbetter Case -- The failed Walmart Class Action Suit -- Effectiveness of the Government's antidiscrimination effort -- Affirmative Action -- Comparable worth --pt. IV. The economics of the family : theory, evidence and policy -- 13. Changing work roles and family formation -- Role of gains to specialization in production -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Cohabitation : opposite-sex couples -- Cohabitation : same-sex couples -- Fertility -- Trends in fertility rates : World War II to present -- Timing of fertility by educational attainment -- Births to unmarried mothers -- Teen births -- Births to older mothers -- 14. The changing American family and implications for family well-being -- Dual-earner families -- Single--parent families -- Poverty : incidence and measurement -- Maternal employment, child care, and children's outcomes -- Family structure and children's outcomes -- 15. Government policies affecting family well-being -- 16. Balancing the competing demands of work and family -- Rationales for government and employer policies to assist workers -- Family leave -- Child care -- Alternative work schedules -- Flexible benefits -- Policies to assist couples -- pt. V. The economic status of the world's women -- 17. Gender differences around the world : an overview -- Indicators of women's economic status -- Labor force participation -- Occupations -- Earnings -- Educational attainment -- Fertility -- Housework -- Women's role in government and their standing before the law -- Cultural factors -- Women's status : an assessment -- Economic development, globalization, and women's status -- 18. Gender differences around the world : specific countries and regions -- Comparison of the United States to other economically advanced countries -- Overview of international differences in policies -- Labor force participation -- Occupations -- The gender wage ratio -- Demographic trends -- Challenges facing women in developing countries -- Benefits of educating girls -- Fertility and population control -- Microcredit for women -- Countries of the former Soviet Bloc -- Countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

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