This is the only economics book that provides a broad analysis of the economic issues relating to women, ranging from marriage and family to work and pay, along with coverage of contemporary empirical research and policy issues.

The authors use contemporary economic theory to analyse various aspects of women's lives, examining labour economics, economics of the family, economics of fertility and gender inequalities. The core market is students on upper-level, optional modules on undergraduate economics courses and the book assumes a basic level of economics.

New to this edition: Enhanced discussion of intersectionality More coverage of the childcare market Greater reference to LGBTQ issues Issues of race integrated throughout the text Increased comparative analysis between women in US and women in other industrialized economies New end-of-chapter exercises/problem questions New research findings and relevant emerging policy issues integrated in each chapter