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Why Gender Matters in Economics /
"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, a...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Module I. Fundamental matters : Do women and men behave differently in economic situations? : Do women behave more altruistically than men? ; Are women less competitive than men? ; Are women more averse to risk than men? ; A cautionary note on observer bias ; Nature versus nurture in gender: evolutionary, feminist, and postmodern views ; Summary ; Exercises and questions for discussions
- What determines the balance of power in a household? : The unitary model ; The Nash bargaining model ; Determinants of threat utility ; Noncooperative bargaining ; Evidence for bargaining models ; Origins of patriarchy ; Culture and the perpetuation of patriarchy
- Module II. Gender in markets : Are women discriminated against in the labor market? : A taste for discrimination ; Statistical discrimination ; The efficiency wage theory of discrimination ; Why women are held to higher standards than men in some jobs
- How do credit markets affect the well-being of women? : The gendered distribution of wealth ; Why asset ownership matters: a Marxian model ; The role of wealth in credit markets ; Implications for entrepreneurship ; How credit markets put women entrepreneurs at a disadvantage ; Is there gender discrimination in credit markets?
- What are the effects of globalization on women? : Advantages of globalization ; Effects of international trade and foreign direct investment on women ; Globalization and investment in human capital: lessons from India ; Globalization and patriarchy ; A downside of globalization: increased trafficking of women ; Are women more protectionist than men?
- Module III. Marriage and fertility : How do women fare in the institution of marriage? : Social and private benefits of marriage ; Two theories of marriage: economic and evolutionary ; Why monogamy? ; Dowries ; The human capital and labor market consequences of marriage ; Spousal violence ; Divorce and its economic effects on women ; Appendix: the concept of present value
- Why are women the causes and the victims of fertility decline? : Fertility choice in rich countries ; Fertility choice in poor countries ; Economic development and fertility ; The demographic transition ; The role of child labor in fertility decline ; The importance of female autonomy in fertility choice ; Why females are victims of fertility decline ; "Missing women"
- How do women benefit from improved access to birth control? : Access to birth control and the well-being of women in poor countries ; The effects of oral contraceptives on women's careers in rich countries ; Birth control and out-of-wedlock births in rich countries ; Birth control and the well-being of women in rich countries ; Unintended consequences of birth control technologies
- Module IV. Empowering women : How did women gain suffrage, and what are its economic effects? : An economic motivation for women's suffrage ; The political means to attain suffrage ; How women gained suffrage ; Women and the amount of government spending ; Economic reasons for the political gender gap ; How daughters influence their parents' political views
- How can women be empowered? : Educating women ; Giving women access to credit ; Using affirmative action to benefit women ; Improving women's political representation ; Increasing family planning and healthcare expenditures ; Reforming inheritance and property laws ; Does empowerment make women happier?