for thinking about gender from an economic perspective. Addresses economic issues for women throughout the world, in both … confronting women throughout the world--including nonmarket scenarios, such as marriage, family, fertility choice, and bargaining …Gender matters in economics - for even with today's technology, fertility choices, market opportunities, and improved …

marriage and with lower savings rates in the presence of diseconomies of marriage. In the context of traditional gender roles …, this implies higher saving rates by young men and lower saving rates by young women than in less traditional countries, the … opposite being the case with saving rates of married women relative to those of married men. We establish the relevance of …