The Economics of Gender

The Economics of Gender, 3e offers an affordable, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary research being conducted on the differences between women’s and men’s economic opportunities, activities, and rewards.

• While focusing on contemporary US patterns, this text integrates an uniquely international comparative perspective


• Discusses the pros and cons of various policies, including comparable worth and welfare programs


• Revisions to the 3rd edition include fully updated data, inclusion of new research, and new examples and studies


• Clear, readable, and provocative with helpful appendices to provide additional information for readers who have little experience with economics, while simultaneously providing further detail for the economically sophisticated


• Flexible in design, for use by both labor economics students and women’s studies programs without labor economics prerequisites