Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. She has published widely on topics at the intersection of health and demographic/labor economics. With co-author Saul D. Hoffman, she is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan. She served on the board of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Laura M. Argys is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is well known for her research on the impact of health, education, and welfare policies on the economic well-being of families and children. Her work has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and theAmerican Education Finance Association, and she is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has published widely in topics in labor economics and economic demography. He is the author of By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing and co-editor of Kids Having Kids (2nd Edition), to which he also contributed several chapters. With co-author Susan Averett, he is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

• 1. Introduction: Women, the Economy, and EconomicsSusan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman Part I. Marriage and Fertility2. Marriage-Market Search and Sorting: Explanations and Evidence Hani Mansour and Terra McKinnish3. Marriage and Marriage MarketsShoshana Grossbard4. Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for ChildrenEvelyn L. Lehrer and Yeon Jeong Son5. Marriage Markets in Developing CountriesS Anukriti and Shatanjaya Dasgupta6. Fertility Issues and Policy in Developing Countries Claus C. Pörtner 7. Fertility Issues in Developed CountriesAlícia Adserà and Ana Ferrer8. Fertility Policy in Developed CountriesLeonard M. Lopoo and Kerri M. Raissian9. Nonmarital and Teen FertilityJason M. Fletcher and Jessica Polos10. Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women's Outcomes in the United StatesMartha J. Bailey and Jason M. Lindo11. Child Gender and the FamilyElaina Rose12. Maternal Socioeconomic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)Kasey S. Buckles13. US Child Care Policy and Economic ImpactsJean Kimmel and Rachel Connelly14. Maternity and Family Leave PolicyMaya Rossin-Slater Part II. Women in the Labor Market15. The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing CountriesRachel Heath and Seema Jayachandran16. The Gender Wage Gap in Developed CountriesAstrid Kunze17. Women, Work, and FamilyFrancine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler18. Occupation and GenderPatricia Cortes and Jessica Pan19. Taxes, Transfers, and Women's Labor Supply in the United StatesMelanie Guldi and Lucie Schmidt20. Gender Differences in Behavioral Traits and Labor Market OutcomesOlga Shurchkov and Catherine C. Eckel21. Biology and Gender in the Labor MarketDeborah A. Cobb-Clark22. Women and LeadershipAmalia R. Miller23. Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and EvidenceTakao Kato and Naomi Kodama24. Racial Differences in American Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run ViewWilliam J. Collins and Michael Q. Moody25. Women and the Labor Market: A Feminist PerspectiveJoyce P. Jacobsen Part III. Special Topics26. Gender: A Historical PerspectivePaola Giuliano27. Understanding Differences in Mortality and Morbidity by Sex: The Role of Biological, Social, and Economic FactorsBarbara Schone28. Women's Labor Market Status and Economic DevelopmentNidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers29. Women and MigrationFrancisca M. Antman30. The Care Penalty and Gender InequalityNancy Folbre31. Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Are Differences in Education and Careers Due to Stereotypes, Interests, or Family? Shulamit Kahn and Donna Ginther32. Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping, and PoliciesGuy Johnson, David C. Ribar, and Anna Zhu

Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. She has published widely on topics at the intersection of health and demographic/labor economics. With co-author Saul D. Hoffman, she is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan. She served on the board of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Laura M. Argys is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is well known for her research on the impact of health, education, and welfare policies on the economic well-being of families and children. Her work has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and theAmerican Education Finance Association, and she is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has published widely in topics in labor economics and economic demography. He is the author of By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing and co-editor of Kids Having Kids (2nd Edition), to which he also contributed several chapters. With co-author Susan Averett, he is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

• 1. Introduction: Women, the Economy, and EconomicsSusan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman Part I. Marriage and Fertility2. Marriage-Market Search and Sorting: Explanations and Evidence Hani Mansour and Terra McKinnish3. Marriage and Marriage MarketsShoshana Grossbard4. Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for ChildrenEvelyn L. Lehrer and Yeon Jeong Son5. Marriage Markets in Developing CountriesS Anukriti and Shatanjaya Dasgupta6. Fertility Issues and Policy in Developing Countries Claus C. Pörtner 7. Fertility Issues in Developed CountriesAlícia Adserà and Ana Ferrer8. Fertility Policy in Developed CountriesLeonard M. Lopoo and Kerri M. Raissian9. Nonmarital and Teen FertilityJason M. Fletcher and Jessica Polos10. Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women's Outcomes in the United StatesMartha J. Bailey and Jason M. Lindo11. Child Gender and the FamilyElaina Rose12. Maternal Socioeconomic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)Kasey S. Buckles13. US Child Care Policy and Economic ImpactsJean Kimmel and Rachel Connelly14. Maternity and Family Leave PolicyMaya Rossin-Slater Part II. Women in the Labor Market15. The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing CountriesRachel Heath and Seema Jayachandran16. The Gender Wage Gap in Developed CountriesAstrid Kunze17. Women, Work, and FamilyFrancine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler18. Occupation and GenderPatricia Cortes and Jessica Pan19. Taxes, Transfers, and Women's Labor Supply in the United StatesMelanie Guldi and Lucie Schmidt20. Gender Differences in Behavioral Traits and Labor Market OutcomesOlga Shurchkov and Catherine C. Eckel21. Biology and Gender in the Labor MarketDeborah A. Cobb-Clark22. Women and LeadershipAmalia R. Miller23. Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and EvidenceTakao Kato and Naomi Kodama24. Racial Differences in American Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run ViewWilliam J. Collins and Michael Q. Moody25. Women and the Labor Market: A Feminist PerspectiveJoyce P. Jacobsen Part III. Special Topics26. Gender: A Historical PerspectivePaola Giuliano27. Understanding Differences in Mortality and Morbidity by Sex: The Role of Biological, Social, and Economic FactorsBarbara Schone28. Women's Labor Market Status and Economic DevelopmentNidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers29. Women and MigrationFrancisca M. Antman30. The Care Penalty and Gender InequalityNancy Folbre31. Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Are Differences in Education and Careers Due to Stereotypes, Interests, or Family? Shulamit Kahn and Donna Ginther32. Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping, and PoliciesGuy Johnson, David C. Ribar, and Anna Zhu

Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. She has published widely on topics at the intersection of health and demographic/labor economics. With co-author Saul D. Hoffman, she is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan. She served on the board of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Laura M. Argys is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is well known for her research on the impact of health, education, and welfare policies on the economic well-being of families and children. Her work has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and theAmerican Education Finance Association, and she is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has published widely in topics in labor economics and economic demography. He is the author of By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing and co-editor of Kids Having Kids (2nd Edition), to which he also contributed several chapters. With co-author Susan Averett, he is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

• 1. Introduction: Women, the Economy, and EconomicsSusan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman Part I. Marriage and Fertility2. Marriage-Market Search and Sorting: Explanations and Evidence Hani Mansour and Terra McKinnish3. Marriage and Marriage MarketsShoshana Grossbard4. Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for ChildrenEvelyn L. Lehrer and Yeon Jeong Son5. Marriage Markets in Developing CountriesS Anukriti and Shatanjaya Dasgupta6. Fertility Issues and Policy in Developing Countries Claus C. Pörtner 7. Fertility Issues in Developed CountriesAlícia Adserà and Ana Ferrer8. Fertility Policy in Developed CountriesLeonard M. Lopoo and Kerri M. Raissian9. Nonmarital and Teen FertilityJason M. Fletcher and Jessica Polos10. Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women's Outcomes in the United StatesMartha J. Bailey and Jason M. Lindo11. Child Gender and the FamilyElaina Rose12. Maternal Socioeconomic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)Kasey S. Buckles13. US Child Care Policy and Economic ImpactsJean Kimmel and Rachel Connelly14. Maternity and Family Leave PolicyMaya Rossin-Slater Part II. Women in the Labor Market15. The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing CountriesRachel Heath and Seema Jayachandran16. The Gender Wage Gap in Developed CountriesAstrid Kunze17. Women, Work, and FamilyFrancine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler18. Occupation and GenderPatricia Cortes and Jessica Pan19. Taxes, Transfers, and Women's Labor Supply in the United StatesMelanie Guldi and Lucie Schmidt20. Gender Differences in Behavioral Traits and Labor Market OutcomesOlga Shurchkov and Catherine C. Eckel21. Biology and Gender in the Labor MarketDeborah A. Cobb-Clark22. Women and LeadershipAmalia R. Miller23. Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and EvidenceTakao Kato and Naomi Kodama24. Racial Differences in American Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run ViewWilliam J. Collins and Michael Q. Moody25. Women and the Labor Market: A Feminist PerspectiveJoyce P. Jacobsen Part III. Special Topics26. Gender: A Historical PerspectivePaola Giuliano27. Understanding Differences in Mortality and Morbidity by Sex: The Role of Biological, Social, and Economic FactorsBarbara Schone28. Women's Labor Market Status and Economic DevelopmentNidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers29. Women and MigrationFrancisca M. Antman30. The Care Penalty and Gender InequalityNancy Folbre31. Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Are Differences in Education and Careers Due to Stereotypes, Interests, or Family? Shulamit Kahn and Donna Ginther32. Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping, and PoliciesGuy Johnson, David C. Ribar, and Anna Zhu