Description: The Economics of Gender, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date introduction to the new work on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities, and rewards.

Economic agents can be male or female: they interact in families and households as well as in firms and markets. Yet it is only recently that economists have begun to take the implications of these facts into account. This volume provides an understanding of the economic issues underlying such questions as why women earn less and why, throughout the world, men and women have tended to work in separate spheres.

Although the primary focus is on contemporary US patterns, 4 chapters are devoted to cross-societal comparisons. It also examines the evolution of contemporary patterns over time and the impact of race, ethnicity, and class. Throughout, it discusses the pros and cons of various policies.

Many real-life examples and anecdotes enliven the text. Appendices provide additional help for readers who have not had a course in economics and further detail for the economically sophisticated.

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