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The Economics of Gender Third Edition - Couverture souple

Jacobsen, Joyce

 
9781405161824: The Economics of Gender Third Edition

Synopsis

The Economics of Gender, 3e offers an affordable, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary research being conducted on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities, and rewards.


  • While focusing on contemporary US patterns, this text integrates an uniquely international comparative perspective

  • Discusses the pros and cons of various policies, including comparable worth and welfare programs

  • Revisions to the 3rd edition include fully updated data, inclusion of new research, and new examples and studies

  • Clear, readable, and provocative with helpful appendices to provide additional information for readers who have little experience with economics, while simultaneously providing further detail for the economically sophisticated

  • Flexible in design, for use by both labor economics students and women's studies programs without labor economics prerequisites

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À propos de l'auteur

Joyce P. Jacobsen is Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University. Her Ph.D. is from Stanford University. She is co-author, with Gilbert Skillman, of Labor Markets and Employment Relationships (Blackwell, 2004).

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