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Gender matters in economics-for even with today's technology, fertility choices, market opportunities, and improved social norms, economic outcomes for women remain markedly worse than for men. Drawing on insights from feminism, postmodernism, psychology, evolutionary biology, Marxism, and poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eswaran, Mukesh (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Women > Economic conditions.
Women > Employment.
Women > Social conditions.
Women in development.
Femmes > Conditions économiques.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
Femmes dans le développement.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Introduction
  • Chapter Two. Do Women and Men Behave Differently in Economic Situations?
  • Chapter Three. What Determines the Balance of Power in a Household?
  • Chapter Four. Are Women Discriminated Against in the Labor Market?
  • Chapter Five. How Do Credit Markets Affect the Well-being of Women?
  • Chapter Six. What Are the Effects of Globalization on Women?
  • Chapter Seven. How Do Women Fare in the Institution of Marriage?
  • Chapter Eight. Why Are Women the Causes and the Victims of Fertility Decline?
  • Chapter Nine. How Do Women Benefit from Improved Access to Birth Control?
  • Chapter Ten. How Did Women Gain Suffrage, and What Are Its Economic Effects?
  • Chapter Eleven. How Can Women Be Empowered?
  • Index

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