This collection of original essays brings econometric theory to bear on the problem of estimating the labor force participation of women. Five scholars here examine, both theoretically and empirically, the determinants of women's wages in the market, the value of their home time, and the factors that affect their employment.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

This volume discusses a variety of topics in the field of research in population economics, under the headings of the economics of the family in low- and high-income countries, time-series analyses of fertility, and private and public investments in education.

Product Description: This two-volume work presents influential ideas which have helped to adapt economic theory and methods to analysing the determinants and consequences of demographic behaviour. It relates these behaviour patterns to the investment in human capital that accounts for modern economic growth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: How are human capital investments allocated between women and men? What are the returns to investments in women's nutrition, health care, education, mobility, and training? In thirteen wide-ranging and innovative empirical analyses, Investment in Women's Human Capital explores the nature of human capital distributions to women and their effect on outcomes within the family...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive book, on the discipline of development economics examines both its progress over the last 20 years, and the current state of the art. It begins with a survey of the major aggregate dimensions of theory development patterns, and the relationship between rich and poor countries, moving on to focus on the different experiences of less developed countries and the micro-dimensions of development...read more

Product Description: Book by Boserup, Professor Ester