Course Objectives: We all expe rience, at som e point in our liv es, being part of both a family and an economy. The purpose of this course is for students to gain a deeper understanding of the connections between the family life and economic forces. The focus will be on the way conditions in the economy, labor market, households, and culture of the workplace and marketplace can influence the well-being and fun ctioning of familie s. In ad dition, the cour se investig ates the reverse interactio n—how relationships, patterns and decisions within the family may affect the behavior and performance of markets, enterprises, economic development and the overall economy. It will consider the role of gender, ra ce, age, and socio economic class, and influence of discrimi nation, histori cal a nd market forces. Finally, it surveys the va rious current strategies that employers and public policy makers have underta ken see king to improve the well being of family members, parent s and children, by enha ncing the ability to earn in comes and b etter balan ce work and family responsibilities.
The sco pe of issue s cove red range fro m the impa ct of recent in creases i n fe male lab or fo rce participation and wo rk ho urs, overwo rk, work-family imbalan ce, inco me in equality, con sumer debt, unemployment and contin gent work. It will also analyze th e impact of rece ntly decreasing child poverty, fertility rates, occupational segregation, etc. Finally, it will add ress the public policy debates regarding governmental support of family income, child-care, etc. The topics addressed are intended to flow in a logical sequence, beginning from the individual decision to participate or not in the p aid labo r force, to the de cision regarding the all ocation of one’ s time in a fa mily, household and life-cycle context, to the effects of family roles on well being, to policy regarding family, children, work-family balance and social welfare programs.
Because students must have had HD FS 312 (Emp irical Inquiry in Human Development) and HD FS 315 (Fam ily Development) as pre requisites, we will be able to explore so me of the technical research in the subje ct, from the pe rspectives of a variety of disciplines, as well as literature of a less technical nature.
Each topic will usually begin with the p erspectives offered by economics (within which there are competing “schools of thought,” then will con struct a fuller pi cture by addin g in some historical, sociological, psychological and cultural persp ectives. We will try to blend the disp assionate research find ings with pe rsonal expe riences, to hel p put the lat ter in bette r perspe ctive. The course has the following three general objectives: 1) To a cquaint students with the vari ous ways of thinking anal ytically about family life fr om an economic perspective and contrast it with that of other disciplines. 2) To increase the breadth, depth and accuracy of students' empirical knowledge about the state of contemporary family life to apply in their future professional lives. 3) To provide students with the information and tools upon which they can develop a clearer basis for making their own decisions concerning work and family life.
Course Requirements:
Grade (%) Due Date
Exam #1: 25% Februa ry 20 Term Paper Outline: -- March 13 Deliberation: #1: 10% March 20 or, #2: April 10 Term Paper/Book Review: 20% April 17 Paper Presentations: 5% April 24 Two Synopses 10% Twice Participation, Attendance 5% Every Class! Final, Exam #2 25% Wed., May 1, 4:30pm 100%
The Midterm Exam will cover the mat erial since the start of the course, the Final Exam only material p ast the Midterm test. All of the mate rial covered in t he cla ss (le ctures, readings, discussions, videos) is fair game for test questions, but the material that the instructor focuses on during class will indicate what will be emphasi zed on an exam. The format of the tests will be essays. The Mid-term will be during class time, the Final will be a take-home
Attendance: Students are expected to attend all the regularly scheduled classes and roll will be taken. Students will be allowed no more than one absence without penalty.
Textbooks: Blau, Ferber and Winkler (BFW), The Economics of Men, Women and Work, 4th Edition, 2002. Schiller, (Sch) Economics of Poverty and Discrimination, 8th edition, 2001. Folbre, (Fol) The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values, 2001. Economic Policy Institute (EPI), Appelbaum (editor), Balancing Acts, 2000.
Weekly Readings and Student Synopses: We will conduct part of the class seminar-style, typically with the professor taking the first half or so of the cla ss to addre ss the t opic of the wee k analytically. Students will volu nteer to rea d and present a synopsis of o ne of the articles on the extensive readi ng list, for a n upcomin g wee k. Students should have their main points and que stion typed up and turned in at the end of class, but it need not be any mo re than a paragra ph or two. Three students per week will present. The professor will prepare synopses of tho se articles not selected. The co urse enrollment numbers mean th at e ach student will do TWO su ch articles an d synopses du ring the cou rse of the semester. A good synopsis will: • Identify the authors’ theme, main points, hypotheses and findings. • Relate the research to the textbook readings for this week (and previous weeks) • Observe what appears to be innovative, unique, impressive or disappointing about their approach, compared to the other articles in this week’s reading list. • Point out what seems to be unique about their research findings, compared to other articles. • Critique the article: what was not satisfactorily covered or answered? What do you wish they would have included but omitted? • List two new things you learned from this article. • List two ways that the findings may be of practical use to families. • List two ways that the findings may be of use to professionals in your field, in counseling families or family members. • List two ways that the findings could guide public policy makers or organizational leaders. • Rai se two questions for the class to trigger discussion that the article provoked in your mind.
We will see two videos: Juggling Work and Family, a brea kthrough two-ho ur docume ntary by Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist Hedrick Smith, who takes a close-up look at the agonizing choices that Americans face - between making a living and having a life. Affluenza is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption. Escape from Affluenza is the solution-oriented sequel, profiling people and organizations that are reducing consumption and waste, choosing work that reflects their values and working to live in better balance.
Term paper / book review project: 7-8 pages
The obje ct of this assig nment is to explore in more depth an are a of your own interest in the course. You are to pi ck a recently publish ed bo ok and write a review. You will have to first develop and turn in an outline, having chosen the book. The book may have one author, or up to several contributing authors. A book review means a summary of its contents and theme, critique of its main arguments a nd a ssessment of t he i mportance, relevan ce a nd usefulne ss of its findings. A thoroughly written book review should answer the following questions: What are the major points the author is trying to make ? Is the theme well d eveloped or vague? Are the co nclusions rea ched reasona ble, lo gical, an d pe rsuasive? Is the eviden ce marshaled in suppo rt of the con clusions suffi cient? What discip linary perspe ctives is the author(s) drawing on, and do they apply it proficiently? What issues or questions are omitted? How has your own opinion evolved after "wrestling" with the issues raised?
Try to challe nge you rself and stretch t o a hig h lev el boo k, an d do n ot ch oose o ne you have already read. You may su bstitute in a spe cial issue of a particul ar journal, with a set of articles devoted to a relevant topic (not e that these often lead to books, so ch eck). You may find your own favo rite, but exampl es of recent books (meaning mid o r late 9 0s a nd after, unless permission granted) include: • Ackerman, Frank, Goodwin, Neva; Kiron, David (eds.); 1996, Consumer Society, Island Press. • Albelda, Randy, & Chris Tilly 1997. Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's Poverty. Boston MA: South End Press. • Barker, Kathleen, & Kathleen Christensen, 1998. Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. • Barnett, Rosalind, & Caryl Rivers, 1998. She Works/He Works: How Two-Income Families are Healthy and Thriving. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. • Bookm an, Milicia, The Third Career, Praeger, 2000. • Cancian, Francesca and Stacey Oliker, 2000, The Gender Lens: Caring And Gender. Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press. • Cheal, David, 1999, New Poverty: Families In Postmodern Society. Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press. • Crittenden, Ann, 2001, The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued, New York: Henry Holt and Company,. • Deutsch, Francine. 2000. Halving It All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. • Dowd, Nancy, 2000. Redefining Fatherhood. New York: New York University Press. • Edin Kathryn and Laura Lein, 1997, Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Workfare and Low Wage Work. • Feder, Lynette, ed., 1999, Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. • Fredriksen-Golsen, Karen & Andrew Scharlach, 2001. Families and Work: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Oxford University Press. • Fried, Mindy, 1998. Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture. Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press. • Galinsky, Ellen, 1999, Ask the Children: What America's Children Really Think About Working Parents. NY: William Morrow. • Gallagher, Goodwin and Harris (editors), 1997, Human Well-Being & Economic Goals, Island Press. • Gallagher, Kevin, Goodwin, Neva (editors); 1998, Changing Nature of Work, by Island Press. • Garey, Anita, 1999. Weaving Work and Motherhood. Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press. • Golden, Lonnie and Deborah Figart, 2000, Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives. New York: Routledge. • Harrington, Mona, 1999. Care and Equality: Inventing a New Family Politics. New York NY: Knopf. • Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, and Cornell West, 1998 The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America’s Beleaguered Moms and Dads, New York, Houghton Mifflin,. • Heymann, Jody, 2000. The Widening Gap: Why America's Working Families are in Jeopardy - and What Can Be Done About It. New York: Basic Books. • Hochschild Arlie Russell, 1997, Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. • Hoskins, Irene (ed.), 1996, Combining work and elder care: A challenge for now and the future. Geneva: International Labour Office. • Ja ckson, Maggie, 2002, What's Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life, and Refuge in the Information Age, Sorin Books, Notre Dame IN. • Mencik, Paul, 1996, Household and Family Economics, Recent Economic Thought Series, Kluwer. • Parcel, Toby and Daniel Cornfield, eds. (2000). Work & Family: Research Informing Policy. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage. • Reich, Robert, 2000, The Future of Success. • Robinson, John P. and Geoffrey Godbey, 1997, Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State University Press. • Schor, Juliet, 1998, The Overspent American: Upscaling, Downshifting and the New Consumer, Basic Books. • Stebbins, Leslie. Work and family in America: a reference handbook , Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CALIO, 2001. • Sullivan, Teresa, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook The Fragile Middle Class: Americans In Debt, 2001 • Vannoy Dana and Paula Dubeck, 1998, Challenges for Work and Family in the Twenty- First Century New York: Aldine De Gruyter,. • Vosler, Nancy, 1997, New Approaches to Family Practice: Confronting Economic Stress. • Williams, Joan 1999. Unbending Gender: Why Work and Family Conflict and What to Do About It. New York NY: Oxford University Press.
Or, Special Issues of Journals/Magazines:
American Behavioral Scientist, March 2001.
Annals-of-the-American-Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 562(0), March 1999.
Feminist Economics, Vol.7, no. 3, November 2001.
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Vol. 22, no.2, Summer 2001.
Perspectives on Work, Vol. 4, no.2, 2000.
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 39, no.5, 1999.
Research in the Sociology of Work, Vol. 7, 1999.
Work and Occupations, February 2001.
Course Outline:
Topics/Week
I. Competing Methodologies of Analysis of Families, Households, Economy, Labor, Time and Markets:
1. Economic analysis, contrasted with methodology of other social sciences; Statistical techniques in research; Historical and current popular perspective on family-economy-work connection.
II. Families and Work Activity:
2. Labor Force Participation vs. Non-participation Decisions and Trends. 3. Working Time, Working Overtime or Part-time, Hours Preferences and Constraints. 4. Overwork, Workaholism. 5. Work-Family Imbalance, Time Squeeze, Dual Income Households. 6. Parents Coping with Work-Family Conflict, Nonstandard Jobs and Work Schedules. Video: Juggling Work and Family, 2001. 7. Mid-Term Exam Unpaid- and House-work, Time Use, Leisure Activities.
III. Outcomes for Family Life, Family Members 8. Influence of Demographics: Gender and Racial Discrimination, Occupational Segregation. 9. Effects of Economy, Work and Ethnic Culture on Motherhood, Fatherhood, Marriage, Family Structure. 10. Effects of Economy and Work and Culture on Caregiving Time, Childrearing, Quality of Children. 11. Effects of Teen and Child Labor on Youth and the Family Well-Being.
Policy Deliberation I: Current Systems of Child Care, Family Leave (FMLA) and Corporate Work-Life Programs are (Working Well Enough vs. Not Working Well Enough) to Ease the Combining of Work and Family.
IV. Macroeconomy, Family Structure and Economic Well-Being
12. Families and Consumption, Consumerism, Family Spending Patterns. Video: “Affluenza”
13. Stress and Stressors: Poverty, Unemployment, Underemployment.
Policy Deliberation II: Welfare-to-Work (TANF), Minimum Wage Laws, EITC (tax policy) and Economic Growth are (Working Well vs. Not Working Well Enough) to Help Lift and Keep Families out of Poverty.
14. Aging and the Life Cycle, Social Security/Insecurity, Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth.
Paper Presentations
Final Exam, Wed. 5/1 at 4:30p-6:20p I. Competing Methodologies Analyzing Families, Households, Economy, Labor, Markets:
BFW: Ch.1 (including appendix), Ch.2. EPI: Introduction Sch: Ch.2 Fol: Introduction.
Drago, R. and Albelda, Rand S. Shulman, Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination, pp.43-63, 119-47.
Kalleberg, Arne, “Sociology and economics: Crossing the boundaries,” Social Forces, June 1995, Volume: 73, Issue: 4 Page: 1207- .
Katzner, Donald, , “The significance, success, and failure of microeconomic theory,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 2001, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Page: 41.
Wolfe, Alan.. "The Moral Meanings of Work," The American Prospect (September-October 1997): 82-90 Volume 8, Issue 34.
Skolnick, Arlene, “The work-family conundrum,” The American Prospect, September 10, 2001 Volume: 12, Issue: 16, Pages 45-47.
II. Families and Work Activity:
2. Labor Force Participation and Non-participation, Decisions in Individual and Family Contexts. BFW: Ch.4 (81-107; 115-129). Sch: Ch.3 (49-58). EPI: Ch.1.
Fullerton, Howard and Mitra Toossi, “Labor force projections to 2010: steady growth and changing composition.” Monthly Labor Review, November, 2001, Vol. 124, No. 11. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2001/11/art2abs.htm
Ureta, M. “Women, Work and Family: Recent Economic Trends,” Northern Illinois University Law Review, Volume 19, 1998, pp. 57-88.
Zimmerman, Shirley “A family policy agenda to enhance families' transactional interdependencies over the life span,” Families in Society, Nov/Dec 2000, Volume 81, Issue: 6, Pagination: 557-566.
Sum, A., Fogg, N. and Mangum, G., “Confronting the Youth Population Boom: Labor Market Prospects of Out-of-School Young Adults,” Challenge, Vol.44, 5, September-October 2001, 30-65.
Stebbins, Leslie, “Overview” in Work and family in America: a reference handbook.
3. Working Time, Working Overtime or Part-time, Work Hours Preferences and Constraints.
BFW: Ch.4 (107-12).
Golden, Lonnie and Deborah Figart; Doing something about long hours, Challenge; Armonk; Nov/Dec 2000; Volume: 43 Issue: 6 Page: 15-37.
Hochschild, A., “The Time Bind,” Working USA, July/August 1997, p.21-29. England, Paula and Michelle Budig, “Gary Becker on the Family: His Genius, Impact and Blind Spots,” in Dan Clawson (ed.), Required Reading: Sociology’s Most Influential Books, University of Massachusetts Press, 1993, pp. 96-111.
Gallagher, Daniel, “Part-time Employment and the Worker,” in Zeytinoglu, Changing Work Relationships, 1999, 59-76.
Sirianni, Carmen; Negrey, Cynthia, “Working Time as Gendered Time,” Feminist-Economics; 6(1), March 2000, pages 59-76.
Jalilvand, Mahshid, “Married Women, Work and Values, Monthly Labor Review August 2000, p. 26-31.
4. Overwork, Workaholism.
Families and Work Institute, Feeling Overworked: When Work Becomes Too Much, 2001.
Bluestone, Barry and Stephen Rose, "Work Time and the Macroeconomy," 2000, in Golden and Figart, Working Time, Ch.2.
Jacobs, J. and Gerson, K., “Do Americans Feel Overworked?” in Parcel and Cornfield, eds, Work & Family: Research Informing Policy, 2000, Chp.3, pp. 71-95.
Maume, David and Bellas, Marcia, “Do Workers Prefer the Workplace to Home?: An Empirical Assessment of ‘The Time Bind,” Women and Work: Journal of the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, 1998-99, p. 67-81 ( or the more technical version, “The overworked American or the time bind? Assessing competing explanations for time spent in paid labor,” The American Behavioral Scientist, March 2001; Vol. 44, Issue 7; pg.1137-57.)
Peiper, Maury and Brittany Jones, 2001 “Workaholics and overworkers: Productivity or pathology?” Group & Organization Management, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Page: 369-94.
Scott, Kimberly, Keirsten Moore, Marcia Miceli, “An exploration of the meaning and consequences of workaholism,” Human Relations,” March 1997, Volume 50, Issue 3, Pagination: 287-314.
Robinson, Bryan “Bridging the gap between workplace, sociocultural, and family research,” Journal of Employment Counseling, March 2000, Volume: 37, Issue 1, Page 31-47.
5. Work-Family Imbalance, Time Squeeze, Dual Income Households.
EPI: Ch.2.
Perry-Jenkins, Repetti and Crouter, “Work and Family in the 1990s,” Journal of Marriage and the Family; Nov 2000 Volume: 62, Issue: 4, 981-998.
Jennifer Reid; Melissa Hardy; “Multiple roles and well-being among midlife women: Testing role strain and role enhancement theories,” The Journals of Gerontology; Nov 1999; Series B, Vol: 54B Iss: 6 Page: S329-S338.
Johnson, Nancy-Brown; Povan, Keith, “The Relationship between Work/Family Benefits and Earnings: A Test of Competing Predictions, Journal-of-Socio-Economics; 24(4), Winter 1995, pages 571-84.
Cappelli, Peter; Constantine, Jill; Chadwick, Clint, “It Pays to Value Family: Work and Family Tradeoffs Reconsidered,” Industrial-Relations; 39(2), April 2000, pages 175-98.
Hertz, Rosanna, “Working to Place Family at the Center of Life: Dual-Earner and Single-Parent Strategies,” Annals-of-the-American-Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 562(0), March 1999, pages 16-31.
Yang, Nini Chao Chen, Jaepil Choi, Yimin Zou, “Sources of work-family conflict: A sino-U.S. comparison of the effects of work and family demands,” Academy of Management Journal, Feb 2000, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, 113-123.
Young, Mary, “Work-Family Backlash: Begging the Question, What's Fair?” Annals-of-the- American-Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 562(0), March 1999, pages 32-46.
6. Responses to Work-Family Conflict, Coping through Nonstandard Jobs and Work Schedules
BFW: Ch.8 (283-93), Ch.10 (354-380). EPI: Ch.7, 8, 10.
Barnett, Rosalind, “A New Work-Life Model for the Twenty-First Century,” Annals-of-the- American-Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 562(0), March 1999, pages 143-58.
Hill, E. Jeffrey, Alan Hawkins, Maria Ferris, and Michelle Weitzman, “Finding an Extra Day a Week: The Positive Influence of Perceived Job Flexibility on Work and Family Life Balance,” Family Relations: Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 49–58.
Stainback, Melissa and Katharine Donato, "Going to Work but Never Leaving Home: Working at Home for Pay, 1991-97," Women & Work, 1 Spring 1999: 141-62 (summarized in Population Today, 26(9) (1998): 3.)
Haddock, Shelley, Scott Ziemba; To ni Zimmerman; Lisa Current; 2001. "Ten adaptive strategies for family and work balan ce: Advice from su ccessful families." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 27(4): 445-458.
Cox, A. and Presse r, H., “Non standard Employment Schedules Among Ame rican Mothers: The Relevance of Marital Statu s,” in Pa rcel and Cornfield, eds, Work & Family: Research Informing Policy, 2000, Chp. 4, pp.97-130.
Fenwick, Rudy. and Taussig, Mark. “Scheduling stress: Family and health outcomes of shift work and schedule control,” American Behavioral Scientist, March 2001, Volume: 44, Issue: 7, Page: 1179-1198
Carnoy, Martin, “The New Family and Flexible Work,” in Carnoy, Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family and Community in the Information Age, Russell Sage, 2000, Chp.4, pp.105-55. “The Family, Flexible Work and Social Cohesion at Risk,” International-Labour-Review; 138(4), 1999, pages 411-29, or,
Hattery; Angela “Tag-team parenting: Costs and benefits of utilizing nonoverlapping shift work in families with young children,” Families in Society; Jul/Aug 2001; Volume: 82 Issue: 4 Page: 419- 427.
7. Unpaid- and House-work, Time Use, Leisure Activities
BFW: Ch.3 (35-64), Ch.4 (112-14). EPI: Ch.2, 5. Fol: Ch.1.
Leete, Laura, "History and Housework: Implications for Work Hours and Family Policies in Market Economies" in Golden and Figart, Working Time, 2001.
Humphries, Jane, “Towards a Family-Friendly Economics,” New-Political-Economy; 3(2), July1998, p. 223-40.
Heath Julia, D. Ciscel; D. Sharp; “Too many hours--Too little pay: The impact of market and household hours on women's work lives,” Journal of Economic Issues, June 1998; Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Page: 587-94.
Kaufman, Gayle; Peter Uhlenberg; “The influence of parenthood on the work effort of married men and women,” Social Forces; March 2000; Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Page: 931-947.
Spitze; Glenna “Getting help with housework,” Journal of Family Issues; Nov 1999; Volume: 20, Issue: 6, Page: 724-745.
Froud, Julie, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams, “Representing the household: in and after national income accounting, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol:13, Issue:4, 2000 Pgs: 535-560.
Policy Deliberation I: Current Systems of Child Care, Family Leave (FMLA) and Corporate Work-Life Programs are (Working Well Enough vs. Not Working Well Enough) to Ease Combining of Work and Family
Bogenschneider, Karen, “Has family policy come of age? A decade review of the state of U.S. family policy in the 1990s,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, November 200, Volume: 62, Issue: 4 1136-1159.
Rayman, Paula and Ann Bookman, “Creating a research and public policy agenda for work, family, and community,” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 1999, Volume 562, p.191-211.
Bergmann, Barbara, “Subsidizing Child Care by Mothers at Home,” Feminist-Economics; 6(1), March 2000, pages 77-88.
Waldfogel, Jane, “Family leave coverage in the 1990s,” Monthly Labor Review, October 1999, Vol. 122, N. 10.
III. Outcomes for Family Life, Family Members 8. Effects of Inequality, Demographics, Gender/Racial Discrimination, Occupational Segregation.
BFW: Ch.5, Ch.6 (155-181, 192-99), Ch.7 (202-35), Ch.8 (257-69). Sch: Ch.9, 10.
Chevan Albert, Randall Stokes, “Growth in family income inequality, 1970-1990: Industrial restructuring and demographic change,” Demography, August 2000, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pagination: 365-380.
Frank, Robert, “Does growing inequality harm the middle class?” Eastern Economic Journal Summer 2000,Volume: 26 Issue 3, Pagination: 251-264.
Barrera, Manuel Heather Caples, Jenn-Yun Tein, “The psychological sense of economic hardship: Measurement models, validity and cross-ethnic equivalence for urban families,” American Journal of Community Psychology, June 2001, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 493-517.
Waldfogel, Jane "Understanding the 'Family Gap' in Pay for Women with Children," Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998 12 (1)137-56.
Badgett, M.V. Lee; Folbre,Nancy, “Assigning Care: Gender Norms and Economic Outcomes, International-Labour-Review; 138(3), 1999, pages 311-26.
9. Effects of Economy, Work, Culture on Motherhood, Fatherhood, Marriage, Family Structure.
BFW: Ch.3 (64-69), Ch.9. Sch: Ch.6.
Rowthorn, Robert “Marriage and trust: Some lessons from economics,” Cambridge Journal of Economics, September 1999, Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages 661-691.
Williams, James Herbert, Debra Haire-Joshu Wendy Auslander, Cheryl Houston, Hope Krebill, “African American family structure: Are there differences in social, psychological and economic well-being? Journal of Family Issues, Oct 2000, Volume: 21 Issue: 7, Pagination: 838-857.
White, Lynn and Stacy Rogers, “Economic circumstances and family outcomes: A review of the 1990s,”Journal of Marriage and the Family, Nov 2000, Vol. 62 Issue: 4, Pages 1035-1051.
Hogan, Janice “Social capital: Potential in family social scenes,” Journal of Socio–Economics, 2001,Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-155.
Ann Crittenden, The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001. * Introduction * Chapter 5. The Mommy Tax
Hyde, Janet Shibley, John DeLamater, Erri Hewitt, “Sexuality and the Dual-Earner Couple: Multiple Roles and Sexual Functioning,” Journal of Family Psychology September 1998, Vol. 12, No. 3, 354–368
Gerstel, N. & Clawson, D.. "Unions' responses to family concerns," Social Problems 48(2), 2001, 277-298.
10. Effects of Work on Caregiving Time, Childrearing, Quality of Children.
Fol: Ch. 2, 3, 8.
DeVault, Marjorie, “Comfort and Struggle: Emotion Work in Family Life,” Annals-of-the-American- Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 561(0), January 1999, pages 52-63.
Sandberg, John, Sandra Hofferth, “Changes in children's time with parents: United States, 1981- 1997,” Demography, August 2001, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pagination: 423-436.
Bianchi, Suzanne, “Maternal employment and time with children: Dramatic change or surprising continuity?” Demography, November 2000, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pagination: 401-414.
Leppel, Karen, Mary Williams, Charles Waldauer, “The Impact of Parental Occupation and Socioeconomic Status on Choice of College Major,” Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Winter 2001, 22 (4): 373-394.
Greer, Litton Fox; Dudley Chancey , “Source s of economi c distre ss,” Journal of Family Issues; November 1998, Volume: 19, Issue: 6, Page: 725-749.
Folbre, Nancy; Weisskopf, Thomas, “Did Father Know Best? Families, Markets, and the Supply of Caring Labor,” in Ben-Ner,-Avner; Putterman,-Louis, eds. Economics, values, and organization, Cambridge University Press, 1998, pages 171-205.
Parcel, T., Nickoll, R. and Dufur, M, “The Effects of Parental Work and Nonemployment on Children’s Reading and Math Achievement,” in Parcel and Cornfield, eds, Work & Family: Research Informing Policy, 2000, Chp.7, pp.189-213.
11. Effects of Teen and Child Labor on Youth and the Family Well-Being.
Cherlin, Andrew, “Going to extremes: Family structure, children's well-being, and social science,” Demography, Nov 1999, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pagination: 421-428.
Levison, Deborah, “Children as Economic Agents,” Feminist-Economics; 6(1), March 2000, pages 125-34.
Altman, Morris, “A Revisionist View of the Economic Implications of Child Labor Regulations,” Forum-for-Social-Economics; 30(2), Spring 2001, pages 1-23.
Hill, Martha; Yeung, Wei JunJ.; Duncan, Greg, “Childhood Family Structure and Young Adult Behaviors,” Journal-of-Population-Economics; 14(2), 2001, pages 271-99.
Lerman, Robert, “Are Teens in Low Income and Welfare Families Working Too Much?” Urban Institute, Number B-25 in Series, "New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families." http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/anf_b25.html
Mengahan, Elizabeth Frank Mott, Elizabeth Cooksey, Susan Jekielek, “Work and family patterns: Effects across generations,” Journal of Socio–Economics, 2000, 29, Issue: 6, Pagination: 587- 590.
IV. Macroeconomy, Family Structure and Economic Well-Being 12. Families and Consumption, Consumerism, Family Spending, Inequality.
Sch: Ch.1 (12-20).
Johnson,-David-S.; Lino,-Mark, “Teenagers: Employment and Contributions to Family Spending,” Monthly-Labor-Review; 123(9), September 2000, pages 15-25.
Hayhoe Celia Ray, Lauren Leach, Pamela Turner, Marilyn Bruin, Frances Lawrence, “Differences in spending habits and credit use of college students,” The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Summer 2000, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages 113-133.
George, David. 2000, “Driven to Spend,” in Golden and Figart Working Time.
Rindfleisch, Aric; Burroughs,-James-E.; Denton,-Frank, “Family Structure, Materialism, and Compulsive Consumption,” Journal-of-Consumer-Research; 23(4), March 1997, pages 312-25.
Harnack, Lisa, Mary Story, Brian Martinson, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Jamie Stang, “Guess who's cooking? The role of men in meal planning, shopping, and preparation in US families,” Journal of the American Dietetic Association, September 1998, Volume: 98, Issue: 9, Pages: 995- 1000.
Reardon, James, Douglas Dalenberg, John Wicks, JinKook Lee, “Are families rational in their make-or-buy decisions?” The Journal of Business and Economic Studies, Spring 1999, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-32.
13. Stress and Stressors: Poverty, Unemployment, Underemployment, War.
BFW: Ch.8 (269-83). Sch: Ch.3 (58-72), Ch.4.
Mangum, Garth, Andrew Sum, and Neeta Fogg, “Poverty Ain't What It Used to Be,” Challenge, March-April 2000 Vol. 43, No. 2 p. 97- .
Brohman, Clifford L. 2001. "Work stress in the family life of African Americans." Journal of Black Studies. 31(6): 835-846.
Les Whitbeck; Ronald Simons; Rand Conger; K. Wickrama;et al; “The effects of parents' working conditions and family economic hardship on parenting behaviors and children's self-efficacy,” Social Psychology Quarterly; Dec 1997; Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Page: 291-303.
Attewell, Paul, “The Impact of Family on Job Displacement and Recovery,” Annals-of-the- American-Academy-of-Political-and-Social-Science; 562(0), March 1999, pages 66-82.
Ashenberg, S., L. Straussner, Norma Phillips, “The impact of job loss on professional and managerial employees and their families, Families in Society,” Nov/Dec 1999, Volume: 80, Issue: 6, P. 642-48.
Reding Kathleen, Marion H Wijnberg, “Chronic stress: A conceptual perspective,” Families in Society Jul/Aug 2001, Volume: 82, Issue: 4, Pagination: 345-354.
Anderson, William-L.; Little,-Derek-W., “All's Fair: War and Other Causes of Divorce from a Beckerian Perspective,” American-Journal-of-Economics-and-Sociology; 58(4), October 1999, pages 901-22.
Policy Deliberation II: Welfare-to-Work (TANF), Minimum Wage Laws and EITC are (Working Well vs. Not Working Well Enough) to Lift and Keep Families out of Poverty in the US.
Fol: Ch. 4, 5, 7, 9. BFW: Ch.10 (335-53). Sch: Ch. 11,12 (236-40), 15.
Munro, Lauchlan, “Focus on Economic Sociology: A Principal-Agent Analysis of the Family: Implications for the Welfare State,” Volume 60: Issue 4.
Stoesz, David, David Saunders, “Welfare capitalism: A new approach to poverty policy?” The Social Service Review, September 1999, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages 380-400.
Bauer, Jean, Bonnie Braun, Patricia Olson, “Welfare to well-being framework for research, education and outreach,” The Journal of Consumer Affairs Summer 2000, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages 62-81.
Albelda, Randy, “Welfare-to-Work, Farewell to Families? US Welfare Reform and Work/Family Debates,” Feminist-Economics; 7(1), March 2001, pages 119-35.
Bartfeld, Judi, “Child support and the postdivorce economic well-being of mothers, fathers, and children,” Demography, May 2000, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages 203-213.
Crowell, Linda, “Welfare reform: Reforming welfare or reforming families?” Families in Society March/April, 2001, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pagination: 157-164
Houseknecht, Sharon K; Mohamed Abde, “Forms of economic security and the family,” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Autumn 1998; Vol. 29, Iss. 3; pg. 429-449.
Danziger Sandra, Mary Corcoran, Sheldon Danziger, Colleen M Heflin, Work, income, and material hardship after welfare reform, The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Summer 2000, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, pp. 6-30.
Blank, Rebecca, “Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Fighting Poverty: Lessons from Recent U.S. History,” Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives; 14(2), Spring 2000, pages 3-19.
Presser, H B, A G Cox, “Work schedules of low-educated American women and welfare reform,” Family Economics and Nutrition Review, 1998, Volume:11, Issue: 1/2, Pagination: 84-85.
Harker, Lisa, “The Provision of Childcare: The Shifting Public/Private Boundaries,” New- Economy; 7(3), September 2000, pages 172-75.
14. Life Cycle, Aging, Security/Insecurity, Intergenerational and Cultural/Ethnic Differences.
Sch: Ch.5, 12 (225-33).
Ozawa, Martha; “The economic well-being of elderly people and children in a changing society.” Social Work; January 1999; Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Page: 9-19.
Couch, Kenneth, Mary Daly, Douglas Wolf, “Time? Money? Both? The allocation of resources to older parents,” Demography, May 1999, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, pp. 219-232.
Barusch, Amanda Smith, “Social Security is not for babies: Trends and policies affecting older women in the United States, Families in Society, Nov/Dec 2000, Volume: 81, Issue: 6, Pages: 568-575.
Bookman, Milicia, The Third Career, Praeger, 2000, Chps. 2-4, pp.17-77.
Darity, William Jr; Jason Dietrich; David K Guilkey; “Persistent advantage or disadvantage?: Evidence in support of the intergenerational drag hypothesis,” American Journal of Economics and Sociology; Malden; April 2001; Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Page: 435-470.
McGarry, Kathleen; Schoeni, Robert, “Transfer behavior in the Health and Retirement Study: Measurement and the redistribution of resources within the family,” Journal of Human Resources, 1995, Volume: 30, Page: S184-227.