Contents
List of Figures....................................................vii
List of Tables......................................................ix
Preface...........................................................xiii
Acknowledgments...................................................xvii
1 Women's Work and Family Decisions: The "Subtle Revolution"
in Historical Perspective............................................1
Changing Work and Family Patterns................................3
Cohorts and Social Change........................................9
Alternative Paths in Adult Development..........................11
2 Explaining Women's Behavior: A Theoretical Overview..............23
The Structural Coercion Approach................................24
The Voluntarist Approach........................................29
A Developmental Approach........................................37
3 Baselines........................................................43
Childhood Socialization.........................................44
Starting Points.................................................59
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