基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1990. While there has been some course use of the hardcover, it has a substantially larger potential in paperback in courses in American economic history, labor economics, and women's studies.
Full Description
Using a unique set of data drawn from the US census, statistics, city directories, and other sources, the author looks at the differences between men and women in the US labour force. She shows that the 'gender gap' in income and job level that has existed throughout history cannot be explained simply as a matter of sex discrimination, nor as a result of inherent structural phenomena in the employment market.
Contents
Chapter 1: Women's experience in the American economy; Chapter 2: The evolution of the female labor force: The measure of market work; Labor force participation of married women since 1890; Cohorts of white married women; Cohorts versus cross sections; Implications of cohort change; Cohorts of nonwhite married women; Life-cycle labor force participation and work experience; Direct measures of life-cycle work; Work experience, 1930-1950; Economic development and the life cycle of work; Corrections to the 1890 data; Participation rates before 1890, married and adult women; Participation rates before 1890, single women; Single women in the labor force, 1890 to 1930; Summary: The work of women since 1790
