Women and the Economy: Family, Work and Pay

by Saul D. Hoffman, Susan L. Averett, Laura Argys

Overview

This 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.

The authors use 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 intersectionality
More coverage of the childcare market
Greater reference to LGBTQ issues
Issues of race integrated throughout the text
Increased comparative analysis between women in US and women in other industrialized economies
New end-of-chapter exercises/problem questions
New research findings and relevant emerging policy issues integrated in each chapter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350420663
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/28/2024
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.24(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware, USA.

Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College, USA.

Dr Laura Argys is Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Table of Contents

1. Women and the economy
2. Economics tools and thinking
3. Gender and economics
4. Marriage and the family: an economic approach
5. Marriage: a deeper look
6. The economics of fertility
7. The economics of fertility: applications and extensions
8. Women at work
9. Women's labor force participation: applications and extensions
10. Women's earnings, occupation, and education: an overview
11. Gender differences in earnings: explanations
12. Gender differences in earnings: methods and evidence
13. Marriage and fertility in developing countries
14. Women's education, work and earnings in developing countries

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This text demonstrates for students how economic theory and econometric analysis can be applied to a wide variety of interesting topics around gender and family economics. The choice of topics and the level of treatment are well designed to expose students to exciting analysis and findings while at the same time building their skills with the underlying tools. – Terra McKinnish, University of Colorado, USA

Hoffman and Averett have produced an outstanding resource for instructors and students of labor economics and the economics of the family. They have given us a canonical treatment of topics that have played central roles in recent economic history and in economic development more broadly, but which are usually omitted from other textbooks. – Ryan D. Edwards, University of California, Berkeley, USA

This textbook offers a conscientious up-to-date treatment of the economics of the family. It covers a wide range of topic including two excellent chapters on women and families in developing countries and will benefit students from around the world. – Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim, Germany

The COVID-19 pandemic in this new decade has highlighted how vital it is to understand household behaviour and how gender inequality may increase with major shocks affecting labour market settings as well as time allocation and decisions made inside the family. The rigorous analytical approach of this textbook to explain real world trends provides a valuable resource in understanding these challenges. – Sonia Oreffice, University of Exeter, UK

This exceptional textbook reveals how powerful the tools of economics are. Students will learn how to analyze such issues as marriage, divorce, fertility, and family structure - topics that few people associate with the field of economics. The authors present the main ideas and empirical findings from state-of-the-art research in a way that is not only very clear and accessible, but also highly engaging. – Evelyn Lehrer, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

This is an excellent book, appropriate for both students of economics and those with a preliminary exposure to the subject of economics. It goes beyond the traditional economics of gender topics such as labor force participation, discrimination and gender wage gap to also cover the economics of marriage, fertility and family. It discusses the intersectionality of race and gender as well as issues relevant to women’s lives at a global level. The authors have expertly incorporated the latest empirical research in each chapter, making it a fantastic reference guide for instructors who are teaching this course for the first time. – Anoshua Chaudhuri, San Francisco State University, USA

Editorial Reviews

This text demonstrates for students how economic theory and econometric analysis can be applied to a wide variety of interesting topics around gender and family economics. The choice of topics and the level of treatment are well designed to expose students to exciting analysis and findings while at the same time building their skills with the underlying tools.” —Terra McKinnish, University of Colorado, USA

“Hoffman and Averett have produced an outstanding resource for instructors and students of labor economics and the economics of the family. They have given us a canonical treatment of topics that have played central roles in recent economic history and in economic development more broadly, but which are usually omitted from other textbooks.” —Ryan D. Edwards, University of California, Berkeley, USA

“This textbook offers a conscientious up-to-date treatment of the economics of the family. It covers a wide range of topic including two excellent chapters on women and families in developing countries and will benefit students from around the world.” —Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim, Germany

“The COVID-19 pandemic in this new decade has highlighted how vital it is to understand household behaviour and how gender inequality may increase with major shocks affecting labour market settings as well as time allocation and decisions made inside the family. The rigorous analytical approach of this textbook to explain real world trends provides a valuable resource in understanding these challenges.” —Sonia Oreffice, University of Exeter, UK

“This exceptional textbook reveals how powerful the tools of economics are. Students will learn how to analyze such issues as marriage, divorce, fertility, and family structure - topics that few people associate with the field of economics. The authors present the main ideas and empirical findings from state-of-the-art research in a way that is not only very clear and accessible, but also highly engaging.” —Evelyn Lehrer, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

“This is an excellent book, appropriate for both students of economics and those with a preliminary exposure to the subject of economics. It goes beyond the traditional economics of gender topics such as labor force participation, discrimination and gender wage gap to also cover the economics of marriage, fertility and family. It discusses the intersectionality of race and gender as well as issues relevant to women's lives at a global level. The authors have expertly incorporated the latest empirical research in each chapter, making it a fantastic reference guide for instructors who are teaching this course for the first time.” —Anoshua Chaudhuri, San Francisco State University, USA

From the Publisher