Women, Family, and Work

Karine S. Moe is Associate Professor of Economics at Macalester College, with a PhD from the University of Minnesota. She has written widely on the subject of gender economics, and has been published in journals such as Feminist Economics and The Review of Economic Dynamics.

• List of Contributors viiPreface xiPart I Setting the Stage 1Introduction Setting the Stage: An Introduction and Overview 3Karine S. Moe1 A Feminist Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of the Family 9Marianne A. FerberPart II The Economics of Marriage 252 Rational Choice and the Price of Marriage 27Robert Cherry3 Conceptualizing and Measuring Bargaining Power within the Household 43Cheryl DossPart III The Division of Work in the Household 634 Gains from Trade and Specialization: The Division of Work in Married Couple Households 65Leslie S. Stratton5 But … Who Mows the Lawn?: The Division of Labor in Same-sex Households 85Lisa GiddingsPart IV The Economics of Childbearing and Childcaring 1036 Economic Theories of Fertility 105Diane Macunovich7 The Childcare Economics Conundrum: Quality versus Affordability 125Julie A. Nelson8 The Childcare Problem for Low-income Working Families 143Jean KimmelPart V The Gender Gap in Earnings 1599 The Human Capital Explanation for the Gender Gap in Earnings 161Joyce P. Jacobsen10 Occupational Segregation Around the World 177Debra Barbezat11 Labor Market Discrimination: A Case Study of MBAs 199Irene Powell12 Employment Discrimination, Economists, and the Law 217Joni HerschIndex 235

'This collection brings together a number of the best feminist economists writing in the US today. Spanning topics from child care to the division of labour in the home, from the gender gap in earnings to the economics of marriage, it goes beyond the standard textbook analysis to provide a deeper understanding of Women, Family, and Work.' Frances Woolley, Carleton University