| | | ix | |
| | | x | |
| Acknowledgements | | xi | |
| | |
| Men and Women in the Economy | | | 1 | (16) |
| | | 1 | (1) |
| Men and Women in the Working Population | | | 2 | (1) |
| The Use of Productive Resources | | | 3 | (3) |
| Unemployment and Underemployment | | | 6 | (1) |
| An Increase in the Productions Possibility Frontier | | | 7 | (1) |
| Changes in the Working Population | | | 8 | (2) |
| Men and Women in Production | | | 10 | (2) |
| The Participation Rate of Men and Women | | | 12 | (2) |
| Women's Participation and Production | | | 14 | (1) |
| | | 15 | (2) |
| Changing Employment Patterns | | |
| Are Women Taking Men's Jobs? | | | 17 | (18) |
| | | 17 | (2) |
| Economic Analysis of Employment Patterns | | | 19 | (1) |
| Segregation in Labour Markets | | | 20 | (3) |
| Industrial Segregation and Employment Patterns | | | 23 | (2) |
| | | 25 | (3) |
| Changes in the Participation Rate for Men and Women | | | 28 | (5) |
| | | 33 | (2) |
| Housework, Childcare and Employment | | |
| The Division of Labour Within the Household | | | 35 | (16) |
| | | 35 | (3) |
| Housework and Care Giving | | | 38 | (2) |
| Comparative Advantage and the Division of Labour | | | 40 | (1) |
| The Domestic Division of Labour | | | 41 | (4) |
| Housework, Specialization and Earnings | | | 45 | (2) |
| | | 47 | (1) |
| | | 48 | (1) |
| | | 49 | (2) |
| | |
| The Labour Supply Decision of Men and Women | | | 51 | (1) |
| Households and Labour Supply | | | 51 | (2) |
| The Individual Worker's Supply Curve of Labour | | | 53 | (2) |
| Income and Substitution Effects | | | 55 | (2) |
| Women's Employment, Income and Substitution Effects | | | 57 | (1) |
| Women and Part-time Employment | | | 58 | (3) |
| Men's Employment, Income and Substitution Effects | | | 61 | (2) |
| Part-time Employment for Men | | | 63 | (1) |
| | | 64 | (1) |
| | |
| The Labour Supply to Occupations | | | 65 | (18) |
| Segregation in Employment | | | 65 | (3) |
| Human Capital: and Explanation | | | 68 | (1) |
| Education as Human Capital Investment | | | 69 | (3) |
| Men, Women and Human Capital Investment | | | 72 | (3) |
| Human Capital Investment and the Deterioration of Skills | | | 75 | (2) |
| Training, Vocational Education and Experience | | | 77 | (2) |
| Alternative Explanations of Occupational Segregation | | | 79 | (2) |
| | | 81 | (2) |
| | |
| | | 83 | (16) |
| | | 83 | (1) |
| Does Unemployment Matter? | | | 84 | (3) |
| | | 87 | (2) |
| | | 89 | (1) |
| | | 90 | (2) |
| | | 92 | (2) |
| Women's Unemployment and Economic Policy | | | 94 | (2) |
| Survey-based Measures of Unemployment | | | 96 | (2) |
| | | 98 | (1) |
| | |
| Men and Women in the Economy | | | 99 | (17) |
| Employment, Unemployment and the Working Population | | | 99 | (3) |
| Cyclical Unemployment and the Deflationary Gap | | | 102 | (3) |
| Cyclical Unemployment and Gender | | | 105 | (3) |
| | | 108 | (2) |
| The Natural Rate of Unemployment | | | 110 | (4) |
| | | 114 | (2) |
| Wage Rates and the Demand for Labour | | | 116 | (34) |
| | | 116 | (1) |
| Wages and Prices in a Market Economy | | | 117 | (2) |
| The Demand for Labour: the Market and the Firm | | | 119 | (1) |
| Marginal Product and Diminishing Returns | | | 120 | (2) |
| The Firm's Demand for Labour | | | 122 | (1) |
| Shifts in the Demand Curve | | | 123 | (2) |
| The Skills and Qualifications of Men and Women | | | 125 | (1) |
| | | 126 | (2) |
| Women's Employment, Skill and Experience | | | 128 | (3) |
| | | 131 | (2) |
| | |
| Labour Markets in Practice | | | 133 | (17) |
| | | 133 | (2) |
| Wage Differentials and Occupational Mobility | | | 135 | (1) |
| Barriers to Occupational Mobility | | | 136 | (2) |
| Occupational Segregation by Gender | | | 138 | (1) |
| Segregation and Wage Rates | | | 139 | (2) |
| Discrimination in Employment | | | 141 | (1) |
| | | 142 | (3) |
| Vertical Segregation, Discrimination and Earnings | | | 145 | (1) |
| Statistical Discrimination | | | 146 | (1) |
| Trade Unions and Earnings | | | 147 | (1) |
| | | 148 | (2) |
| | | 150 | (18) |
| | | 150 | (1) |
| Equal Pay Legislation and Economic Discrimination | | | 151 | (2) |
| Equal Pay Legislation and Productivity Differences | | | 153 | (1) |
| Equal Pay and Single Sex Occupations | | | 154 | (2) |
| Consequences of the Equal Pay Act | | | 156 | (1) |
| | | 157 | (2) |
| The Introduction of a Minimum Wage | | | 159 | (2) |
| A Minimum Wage in Competitive Labour Markets | | | 161 | (2) |
| Monopsonistic Labour Markets and a Minimum Wage | | | 163 | (4) |
| | | 167 | (1) |
| Women in the European Union | | | 168 | (19) |
| The Formation of the European Union | | | 168 | (1) |
| The Political, Social and Economic Dimensions of Europe | | | 169 | (3) |
| Equal Pay, the Single Market and the Social Charter | | | 172 | (2) |
| Women's Economic Activity in the Member States | | | 174 | (4) |
| Part-time Employment in Europe | | | 178 | (1) |
| Women's Pay, Employment and Unemployment | | | 179 | (2) |
| Women's Employment and Family Friendly Policies | | | 181 | (4) |
| | | 185 | (2) |
| | | 187 | (7) |
| Economic and Social Change | | | 187 | (1) |
| Economic Change and Government Policy | | | 188 | (2) |
| Men, Women and Care Giving | | | 190 | (2) |
| Economics, Statistics and Policy | | | 192 | (2) |
| Bibliography | | 194 | (3) |
| Index | | 197 | |
