The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are acquiring more education, marrying later, having fewer children, and spending a far greater amount of their adult lives in the labor force. Yet, because women remain the primary caregivers of children, issues such as work-life balance and the glass ceiling have given rise to critical policy discussions in the developed world. In developing countries, many women lack access to reproductive technology and are often relegated to jobs in the informal sector, where pay is variable and job security is weak. Considerable occupational segregation and stubborn gender pay gaps persist around the world.

The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly essays to address these issues using the powerful framework of economics. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert or team of experts, reviews the key trends, surveys the relevant economic theory, and summarizes and critiques the empirical research literature. By providing a clear-eyed view of what we know, what we do not know, and what the critical unanswered questions are, this Handbook provides an invaluable and wide-ranging examination of the many changes that have occurred in women's economic lives.

Susan L. Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. She has published widely on topics at the intersection of health and demographic/labor economics. With co-author Saul D. Hoffman, she is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan. She served on the board of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.

Laura M. Argys is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is well known for her research on the impact of health, education, and welfare policies on the economic well-being of families and children. Her work has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the American Education Finance Association, and she is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Research in Bonn, Germany.

Saul D. Hoffman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has published widely in topics in labor economics and economic demography. He is the author of By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing and co-editor of Kids Having Kids (2nd Edition), to which he also contributed several chapters. With co-author Susan Averett, he is the author of Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (3rd edition, 2016), an economics textbook on women's family and work issues, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

1. Introduction: Women, the Economy, and Economics
Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman

Part I. Marriage and Fertility
2. Marriage-Market Search and Sorting: Explanations and Evidence
Hani Mansour and Terra McKinnish
3. Marriage and Marriage Markets
Shoshana Grossbard
4. Marital Instability in the United States: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Children
Evelyn L. Lehrer and Yeon Jeong Son
5. Marriage Markets in Developing Countries
S Anukriti and Shatanjaya Dasgupta
6. Fertility Issues and Policy in Developing Countries
Claus C. Pörtner
7. Fertility Issues in Developed Countries
Alícia Adserà and Ana Ferrer
8. Fertility Policy in Developed Countries
Leonard M. Lopoo and Kerri M. Raissian
9. Nonmarital and Teen Fertility
Jason M. Fletcher and Jessica Polos
10. Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women's Outcomes in the United States
Martha J. Bailey and Jason M. Lindo
11. Child Gender and the Family
Elaina Rose
12. Maternal Socioeconomic Status and the Well-Being of the Next Generation(s)
Kasey S. Buckles
13. US Child Care Policy and Economic Impacts
Jean Kimmel and Rachel Connelly
14. Maternity and Family Leave Policy
Maya Rossin-Slater

Part II. Women in the Labor Market
15. The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries
Rachel Heath and Seema Jayachandran
16. The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries
Astrid Kunze
17. Women, Work, and Family
Francine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler
18. Occupation and Gender
Patricia Cortes and Jessica Pan
19. Taxes, Transfers, and Women's Labor Supply in the United States
Melanie Guldi and Lucie Schmidt
20. Gender Differences in Behavioral Traits and Labor Market Outcomes
Olga Shurchkov and Catherine C. Eckel
21. Biology and Gender in the Labor Market
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
22. Women and Leadership
Amalia R. Miller
23. Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and Evidence
Takao Kato and Naomi Kodama
24. Racial Differences in American Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Long-Run View
William J. Collins and Michael Q. Moody
25. Women and the Labor Market: A Feminist Perspective
Joyce P. Jacobsen

Part III. Special Topics
26. Gender: A Historical Perspective
Paola Giuliano
27. Understanding Differences in Mortality and Morbidity by Sex: The Role of Biological, Social, and Economic Factors
Barbara Schone
28. Women's Labor Market Status and Economic Development
Nidhiya Menon and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
29. Women and Migration
Francisca M. Antman
30. The Care Penalty and Gender Inequality
Nancy Folbre
31. Women and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Are Differences in Education and Careers Due to Stereotypes, Interests, or Family?
Shulamit Kahn and Donna Ginther
32. Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping, and Policies
Guy Johnson, David C. Ribar, and Anna Zhu