The Economic Emergence of Women
Title | The Economic Emergence of Women PDF eBook |
Author | B. Bergmann |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2005-09-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1403982589 |
This new edition of a classic feminist book explains how one of the great historical revolutions - the ongoing movement toward equality between the sexes - has come about. Its origins are to be found, not in changing ideas, but in the economic developments that have made women's labour too valuable to be spent exclusively in domestic pursuits. The revolution is unfinished; new arrangements are needed to fight still-prevalent discrimination in the workplace, to achieve a more just sharing of housework and childcare between women and men, and, with the weakening of the institution of marriage, to re-erect a firm economic basis for the raising of children.
The Economic Emergence of Women
Title | The Economic Emergence of Women PDF eBook |
Author | Heidi Hartmann |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
I suggest in this essay that Barbara Bergmann's approach to the economics of women is characterized by six striking dimensions, or what I call "commitments," namely: (1) a willingness to incorporate values into her analysis openly; (2) a commitment to applied economics economic analysis that supports policy change that will improve women's and children's lives; (3) a commitment to empirical economics, i.e. to data collection and data-based analysis; (4) a commitment to communication with the public; (5) a commitment to the truth even if it challenges convenient orthodoxy; (6) a commitment to focus on how change can occur to be positive not defeatist. A review of these six commitments, I demonstrate, reveals that they are held together by the first one, her willingness to incorporate values into her scholarly work openly.
Women and the Economy
Title | Women and the Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Saul D. Hoffman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2021-03-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1352012014 |
An analysis of the enormous changes in women's economic lives around the world, from the family to the labour market. Hoffman and Averett examine topics such as the effect of rising women's wages and improved labour market opportunities on marriage, the ways in which more reliable contraception has shaped women's adult lives and careers, and the forces behind the phenomenal rise in women's labour force activity. This fourth edition includes brand new chapters on gender in economics and race and gender in the USA. It incorporates the latest research findings throughout, many of which are featured in helpful call-out boxes, and illustrated with new graphs and figures. This is invaluable reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, development and women's studies. The level of economic analysis is suitable for students with basic economics knowledge. New to this Edition: - New chapters on gender in economics and race and gender in economics - Fully updated with new data, policy examples and a new companion website with lecturer resources - Increased pedagogy, with over 30 new boxes
Understanding the Gender Gap
Title | Understanding the Gender Gap PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Dale Goldin |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Women have entered the labor market in unprecedented numbers. Yet these critically needed workers still earn less than men and have fewer opportunities for advancement. This study traces the evolution of the female labor force in America, addressing the issue of gender distinction in the workplace and refuting the notion that women's employment advances were a response to social revolution rather than long-run economic progress. Employing innovative quantitative history methods and new data series on employment, earnings, work experience, discrimination, and hours of work, this study establishes that the present economic status of women evolved gradually over the last two centuries and that past conceptions of women workers persist.
Women and the Economic Miracle
Title | Women and the Economic Miracle PDF eBook |
Author | Mary C. Brinton |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780520075634 |
This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive interviews in Japan, Mary Brinton provides an in-depth and original examination of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic growth. Brinton finds that the educational system, the workplace, and the family in Japan have shaped the opportunities open to female workers. Women move in and out of the workforce depending on their age and family duties, a great disadvantage in a system that emphasizes seniority and continuous work experience. Brinton situates the vicious cycle that perpetuates traditional gender roles within the concept of human capital development, whereby Japanese society "underinvests" in the capabilities of women. The effects of this underinvestment are reinforced indirectly as women sustain male human capital through unpaid domestic labor and psychological support. Brinton provides a clear analysis of a society that remains misunderstood, but whose economic transformation has been watched with great interest by the industrialized world.
An Economic History of Women in America
Title | An Economic History of Women in America PDF eBook |
Author | Julie A. Matthaei |
Publisher | Schocken |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Analyzing the changing conceptions of women's work and family life in the U.S. from colonial times to the present, Matthaei studies the relationship between capitalism and the sexual division of labor. From the integration within the household of family life and commodity production in the pre-Revolutionary period, she traces the separation of these two areas, resulting in the household being considered the woman's sphere and participation in the work force the man's. The author discusses the recent breakdown of this division, which has seen women coming out of their "proper" place and enter into the labor force.
Women in Industry
Title | Women in Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Abbott |
Publisher | New York : D. Appleton, 1910 [c1909] |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |