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15 Cards in this Set
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Micro Theroy of Division of Labor
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Always ore effective to specialize
It makes sense to specialize areas of comparative advantage The more likely it it you will end up without a partner, the less you should specialize |
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5 theories for division of household labor
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Time contraints
Gender role attitudes Resources - for income, education Different Preferences - women care more about the outcome Construction of Gender - display of gender |
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What parent does more labor and how does education affect it?
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Women do more house work
The more educated a male is the more housework he will do The more educated a woman is the less housework she will do |
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Time diary studies
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Study was from 1965-1999 and studied how many hours per week and male and female spent on house and market work
Men and Women consistently worked about the same amount of hours per week (around 50) Over time men have increased hours of housework and decreased hours of market work Over time women have decreased in hours spent doing housework and increased in market work. |
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Division of Power between Men and Women - Two principles and who's theory
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Joan Huber
In a household consumers have less power than producers; power-dependence principle - whoever is more dependent in a relationship has less power Whoever produces for the entire society has more power in the society |
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5 different societies
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Foragins
Horticultural Herdins Agrarian Industrial |
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Foragins
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Hunting and Gathering
Men hunt Women gather so both are producers so relative quality in household Men hunt and warring provides for whole society so men have more power in society |
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Horticultural
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Garden society - hoes, digging sticks
Close to home, doesnt require much strength, women and men more equal therefore higher divorce rate |
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Herdins
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Herd animals (pasture society) Women do not herd so men are producers and inequality is high
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Agrarian
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plow pulled by animal or machinery
mass plots of land not as close to home men are important due to labor intensive work Highest gender inequality; women are very dependent on men |
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Industrial
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Infant Mortality
Rise of mass education Decline in fertility Artificial means of feeding babies |
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Human Capital vs Social Capital
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skills and knowledge vs. connections and networks
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How parents give personality, values, and attitudes towards children
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Shared (family envoirment)
Individual Environment - postion in the family; age and how they experience events; friends; responsibilities/privledges |
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What % of personality is inherited vs. individual environment
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45% inherited
45% ind. environment |
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Three kinds of social dynamics in small groups
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Exchange - parent child; punishment and reward
Status - hierarchical groups; workplace or siblings Belonging - child with peers and friends |
