Gender and economics /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, England : Brookfield, Vt., USA : E. Elgar, c1995. |
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| Description: | xxxix, 544 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Elgar reference collection The international library of critical writings in economics ; 45 International library of critical writings in economics ; 45. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2339033 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Feminist Challenge to Neoclassical Economics / Frances R. Woolley
- 2. Gender, Metaphor, and the Definition of Economics / Julie A. Nelson
- 3. A Feminist Critique of Rational-Choice Theories: Implications for Sociology / Paula England
- 4. Gender and Class in Marshall's Principles of Economics / Michele Pujol
- 5. The Unproductive Housewife: Her Evolution in Nineteenth-Century Economic Thought / Nancy Folbre
- 6. Women's Wages in Relation to Economic Welfare / F. Y. Edgeworth
- 7. A Theory of the Allocation of Time / Gary S. Becker
- 8. A Transactions Cost Approach to Families and Households / Robert H. Pollak
- 9. Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor / Gary S. Becker
- 10. The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle: The Example of Housework / Heidi I. Hartmann
- 11. Labor Force Participation of Married Women: A Study of Labor Supply / Jacob Mincer
- 12. Married Women's Participation and Hours / R. Layard, M. Barton and A. Zabalza
- 13. Why are more Women Working in Britain? / Heather E. Joshi, Richard Layard and Susan J. Owen
- 14. Occupational Segregation, Wages and Profits when Employers Discriminate by Race or Sex / Barbara R. Bergmann
- 15. Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women / Jacob Mincer and Solomon Polachek
- 16. Occupational Segregation by Sex: Determinants and Changes / Andrea H. Beller
- 17. The Failure of Human Capital Theory to Explain Occupational Sex Segregation / Paula England
- 18. Discrimination, Economic / Gary S. Becker
- 19. Pay Differences between Men and Women / Henry Sanborn
- 20. Managerial Discrimination in Large Firms / William G. Shepherd and Sharon G. Levin
- 21. Statistical Theories of Discrimination in Labor Markets / Dennis J. Aigner and Glen G. Cain
- 22. The Sex Differential in Earnings: A Reappraisal / Marianne A. Ferber and Helen M. Lowry
- 23. Male-Female Wage Differentials and Policy Responses / Morley Gunderson
- 24. Gender Discrimination in the British Labour Market: A Reassessment / Robert E. Wright and John F. Ermisch
- 25. Labour Market Segmentation and Women's Employment: A Case-Study from the United Kingdom / Christine Craig, Elizabeth Garnsey and Jill Rubery
- 26. Sex-Role Socialization and Occupational Segregation: An Exploratory Investigation / Mary E. Corcoran and Paul N. Courant
- 27. Gender and Skills / Sara Horrell, Jill Rubery and Brendan Burchell.