Folbre, Nancy.

Who pays for the kids? : gender and the structure of constraint / Nancy Folbre. - London : Routledge, 1994. - xi, 335 p. ; 24 cm. - Economics as social theory .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-325) and index.

Part I: Concepts and social reproduction -- Feminist theory and political economy -- Collective action and structures of constraint -- The persistence of patriarchal power -- Part II: Histories of social reproduction -- Introduction to Part II -- Northwestern Europe -- The United States -- Latin America and the caribbean -- Conclusion: the political economy of family policy.

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Labor economics.
Industries--Social aspects
Sexual division of labor.
Work and family.

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