Why Gender Matters in Economics

by Mukesh Eswaran

Book Overview

An economic way of thinking about the gender issues confronting women around the world

Gender matters in economics--for even with today's technology, fertility choices, market opportunities, and improved social norms, economic outcomes for women remain markedly worse than for men. Drawing on insights from feminism, postmodernism, psychology, evolutionary biology, Marxism, and politics, this textbook provides a rigorous economic look...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691121737
• ISBN13: 9780691121734
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 10.2"