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*Polachek, S. (1981), “Occupational Self Selection: A Human Capital Approach to Sex
Differences in Occupational Structure,” Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 63,
No.1, February. [BB]
*England, P. (1982) “The Failure of Human Capital Theory to Explain Occupational Sex
Segregation, Journal of Human Resources, Vol 17, No. 3, Summer 1982, pp. 358-370.
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*Greg Hundley (2000) “Male/Female Earnings Differences in Self-Employment: The Effects
of Marriage, Children, and the Household Division of Labor” Industrial and Labor Relations
Review, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Oct., 2000), pp. 95-114. [BB]
*Darity, W. and Mason, P. (1998) „Evidence on Discrimination in Employment: Codes of
Color, Codes of Gender‟, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(2): 63-90.[BB]
Supplementary Readings:
Blau, F., Kahn, L., and Lawrence, M. (2000) „Gender Differences in Pay‟, Journal of
Economic Perspectives, 14(4): 75-99.[BB]
Figart, D. (1997) „Gender as More than a Dummy Variable: Feminist Approaches to
Discrimination‟, Review of Social Economy, 55(1): 1-32.
Rachel Connelly (1992). “Self-Employment and Providing Child Care”. Demography, Vol. 29,
No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 17-29. [BB]
Oaxaca, R. (1973) „Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labour Markets‟,
International Economic Review, 14(3): 693-709.
Phelps E. (1972) “The Statistical Theory of Racism and Sexism,” American Economic
Review, Vol. 62, September, pp. 659-661.
Week 10- October 27: Gender and Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues
*Floro, M. (1995) „Women‟s Well-being, Poverty and Work Intensity‟, Feminist
Economics, 1(3): 1-25.
*Quisumbing, A., Haddad, L. and Pena, C. (2001) „Are Women Over-Represented
Among the Poor? An analysis of Poverty in 10 Developing Countries‟, FCND Discussion
Paper No. 115, Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp115.pdf
*Bardasi, E. and Q. Wodon (2006) “Measuring Time Poverty and Analyzing Its
Determinants: Concepts and Application to Guinea.” [BB]