Publisher Summary This chapter presents a survey on female labor supply. The chapter
surveys theoretical and empirical work on the labor supply of women, with special reference …

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE of 1991, US earnings trends since 1950 are demarcated by two
years: 1973 and 1979. Nineteen-hundred-seventy-three marked the end of rapid real …

This paper explores the recent fall in female labour force participation and its socio-
economic determinants in India. The major contribution of this paper is: to explore both micro …

0Today the only thing big about “Big Labor” is its problems. By the early 1970s, or ga nized
labor had already begun its decades-long decline, but still nearly a quarter of all private …

Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social
problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at …

Imagine each family as a kind of little factory—a multiperson unit producing meals, health,
skills, children, and self-esteem from market goods and the time, skills, and knowledge of its …

Increasing returns from specialized human capital is a powerful force creating a division of
labor in the allocation of time and investments in human capital between married men and …

Women have entered the labor market in unprecedented numbers, yet these critically
needed workers still earn less than men and have fewer opportunities for advancement. This …

This paper reexamines the empirical basis for two" facts" that seem to be found in most cross-
section studies of immigrant earnings:(1) the earnings of immigrants grow rapidly as they …

This paper argues that the growing presence of a new type of man—one brought up in a
family in which the mother worked—has been a significant factor in the increase in female …