Jacobsen, Joyce P. <br/><br/>
The economics of gender / 
Joyce P. Jacobsen. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  2007. 
 - xv, 482 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Gender differences in the U.S. economy -- The household as economic unit -- Labor force participation : analysis of trends -- Labor force participation : consequences for family structure -- Gender segregation in the workplace -- Causes of earnings differences: human capital -- Causes of earnings differences : compensating differentials -- Causes of earnings differences : discrimination -- Industrialized capitalist societies -- Socialist and cooperative societies -- Nonindustrialized traditional societies -- Effects of the development process on gender differences -- Gender differences in U.S. economic history -- Race, ethnicity, and class considerations in interpreting gender differences -- Policy proposals. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405161824  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Economic conditions.<br/>Women--Social conditions.<br/>Sex role in the work environment.<br/>Sex discrimination.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3615 JAC