ISBN:
9781351515023
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Social Institutions and Social Change
Parallel Title:
Print version England, Paula Households, Employment, and Gender : A Social, Economic, and Demographic View
DDC:
304.6
Keywords:
Employment
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. Overview -- 1. Postwar Trends and Patterns -- I. Introduction -- II. Households and Marriage Contracts -- III. Employment Contracts and Gender -- IV. Gender in the Old and New Systems -- 2. Choice, Contracts, and Structure -- I. Introduction -- II. Choices of Optimizing Individuals -- III. Contract Theory -- IV. The Structure of Constraints -- V. Summary -- II. Households -- 3. Household Formation, Marriage, and Divorce -- I. Introduction -- II. A Market for Partners -- III. The Search for a Partner -- IV. Marriage as an Implicit Contract -- V. Bargaining and Power -- VI. The Increasing Divorce Rate -- VII. The Process Repeated -- VIII. Summary -- Notes -- 4. Reproduction and Production in the Household -- I. Introduction -- II. Fertility -- III. Child Rearing -- IV. Emotional Labor -- V. Housework -- VI. Summary -- Notes -- 5. Consumption, Savings, and Retirement -- I. Introduction -- II. Consumption and Saving -- III. Aging and Retirement -- IV. The Consequences of Demographic Change -- V. Summary -- III. Employment -- 6. The Employment Relationship -- I. Introduction -- II. The Search for Jobs and Employees -- III. Spot Markets-The Orthodox Economic View -- IV. The Long-Term Employment Relationship -- V. Sociological Views of Employment -- VI. Summary: An Integrated View -- Notes -- 7. Gender, Jobs, and Wages -- I. Introduction -- II. Labor Force Participation -- III. Job Segregation by Sex -- IV. The Sex Gap in Earnings -- V. Sex Discrimination and the Law -- VI. Summary -- Notes -- IV. The Future -- 8. Future Trends in Households, Employment, and Gender -- I. Introduction -- II. Households -- III. Employment -- IV. Gender -- V. An Integrated View -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index
