Women and the Economy: Family, Work and Pay

HoffmanandAverettintroduceabroadrangeoftopicsinanaccessiblemanner,applyingbasiceconomicanalysis.Contemporarysocial,racialandeconomicissuesareexamined,usingauniquemixofstorytelling,empiricalevidenceandtheory.Topicssuchasthelabormarket,thegendergapandfertilityarediscussedbringinginthehistorybehindtheissuesaswellaseconomicresearch,applicationsandpolicy.