| ISBN: | 9780691121734 (hardback) : |
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| ISBN: | 0691121737 (hardback) |
| 编目源: | DLC DLC YDX YDXCP BTCTA BDX UKMGB PUL OCLCF IAD DAC DAY |
| 个人名称: | Eswaran, Mukesh, |
| 题名: | Why gender matters in economics / Mukesh Eswaran. |
| 索书号: | C913.68/E79E |
| 载体形态: | xii, 392 pages ; 26 cm |
| 一般附注: | Includes index. |
| 书目附注: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 格式化内容附注: | Fundamental matters. Do women and men behave differently in economic situations? -- What determines the balance of power in a household? -- Gender in markets. Are women discriminated against in the labor market? -- How do credit markets affect the well-being of women? -- What are the effects of globalization on women? -- Marriage and fertility. How do women fare in the institution of marriage? -- Why are women the causes and the victims of fertility decline? -- How do women benefit from improved access to birth control? -- Empowering women. How did women gain suffrage, and what are its economic effects? -- How can women be empowered? |