Sex Differences in Labor Markets

by David Neumark

Book Overview

Sex differences abound in labor markets. In the United States three differences in particular have attracted the most attention: the earnings gap, occupational segregation, and the greater responsibility of women for child care and housework, and consequential lower participation in the labor market.
This volume brings together David Neumark's work of the past fifteen years: in it he tries to understand and analyze the relative importance of family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415651689
• ISBN13: 9780415651684
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"