New home economics: children and the labour market participation of women / Sophia Wunderink-van Veen -- Feminist neo-classical economics: some examples / Siv Gustafsson -- Discrimination against women: a neo-institutionalist perspective / Barbara Krug -- Atypical labour market relations in the European Union / Danièle Meulders, Olivier Plasman, and Robert Plasman -- European constants and national particularities: the position of women in the European Union labour market / Janneke Plantenga -- Women in the south: diverse experiences of work in a unifying Europe / Dina Vaiou and Maria Stratigaki -- Women in Central and Eastern Europe: a labour market in transition / A. Geske Dijkstra -- Equal opportunities in the European Union: theory and practice / Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes -- Comparable worth and equal pay policies in the European Union / Jeanne de Bruijn
Summary
Gender and Economics: A European Perspective provides an introduction to gender studies in economics. This is a rapidly expanding field in which textbooks are urgently necessary. The contributors give comprehensive coverage of the economic situation of women throughout Europe. The authors approach the subject at three different levels. * The economic theory of gender and economics * The different positions of men and women in the economy, their earning power and the division of labour within the family * European policy and law, and how this is evolving. Giving a uniqu
