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'Women and the Economy' takes a balanced approach to exploring the issues facing women in today's society - work, pay, and family - from a modern economic perspective. It is appropriate for students with a principles of economics or an intermediate microeconomics background.
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Saul Hoffman is Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Delaware. He received a PhD and master’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include labor economics, economic demography and economics of the family, microeconomic theory, and the economics of welfare and poverty. He is on the research advisory panel of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, is a research associate at the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a visiting professor at the Faculté de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion at the Université Lumière in Lyon, France, in 1998.
Susan Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and Business and head of the Department of Economics and Business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado. Her research interests include labor and childcare economics. She is the recipient of Student Government Superior Teaching Award, the Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award, the Lennertz Prize for teaching and mentoring, and the Jones Faculty Lecture Award, and she has appeared on the Today Show to discuss her research on birth order.
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Susan Averett is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and Business and head of the Department of Economics and Business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado. Her research interests include labor and childcare economics. She is the recipient of Student Government Superior Teaching Award, the Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award, the Lennertz Prize for teaching and mentoring, and the Jones Faculty Lecture Award, and she has appeared on the Today Show to discuss her research on birth order.
“Its topical coverage is comprehensive, thorough and up-to-date. The writing is very accessible to upper-division undergraduate students, even those with only a limited background in economics.”
—Andrew Kohen, James Madison University
“I have been very pleased with the Hoffman/Averett text. It combines a broad range of coverage with a sophisticated treatment in a lively, clear and accessible format.”
—David Andrews, SUNY Oswego
—Andrew Kohen, James Madison University
“I have been very pleased with the Hoffman/Averett text. It combines a broad range of coverage with a sophisticated treatment in a lively, clear and accessible format.”
—David Andrews, SUNY Oswego
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- PublisherAddison Wesley
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0201745593
- ISBN 13 9780201745597
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages456
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