
Who Pays for the Kids?: Gender and the Structures of Constraint (Economics As Social Theory Ser.)
Economics, Business and economics
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.* Birth rates have fallen but… more and more mothers are supporting children on their own, with little or no assistance from fathers
Title Details
ISBN
9781134903948
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Copyright Date
1994
Book number
3477389