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Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy 2018 Edition by Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, Saul D. Hoffman
The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are acquiring more education, marrying later, having fewer children, and spending a far greater amount of their adult lives in the labor force. Yet, because women remain theprimary caregivers of children, issues such as work-life balance and the glass ceiling have given rise to critical policy discussions in the developed world. In developing countries, many women lack access to reproductive technology and are often relegated to jobs in the informal sector, where pay isvariable and job security is weak. Considerable occupational segregation and stubborn gender pay gaps persist around the world. The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly essays to address these issues using the powerful framework of economics. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert or team of experts, reviews the key trends, surveys the relevant economic theory, and summarizes and critiques the empirical research literature. By providing a clear-eyed view of what we know, what we do not know, and what the critical unanswered questions are, thisHandbook provides an invaluable and wide-ranging examination of the many changes that have occurred in women's economic lives. Table of contents : - 1. Introduction: Women, the Economy, and EconomicsSusan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. HoffmanPart 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. Poertner 7. Fertility Issues in Developed CountriesAlicia Adsera 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-SlaterPart 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. JacobsenPart 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