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Work and Family
Instructor(s): Myra
Strober
George Kembel
Prerequisites: None.
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| Among the many remarkable upheavals of the 20th century, the huge increase in women’s employment stands out. In 1950, only one-third of women were in the paid labor force; today about 60 percent of women are in the workforce, and the percentage for college-educated women is closer to 80 percent. The movement of women into paid work has changed the lives of both men and women from those of earlier generations;
this seminar will deal with issues of work and family that are important for both sexes.We will examine the forces behind the rise in women’s paid work and the new arrangements that have resulted in the
workplace and in families. Topics include the gendered division of labor both at work and at home, and women’s and men’s decisions about marriage, childrearing, time-management, and balancing work and family. We also look at the economic value of stay-at-home moms and dads, the economics of childcare, and the role that employers can play in helping employees to combine work and family. Additionally, we will touch upon public policy issues such as anti-discrimination laws, divorce laws, and subsidized child care. This course would appeal to
students interested in economics, organizational management, public policy, sociology, family law, or gender studies, among other areas. The course would also be valuable to anyone contemplating the role of work and family in his or her own future. Students will work in a small group on a work/family research project of their choice and present results to the class.
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| Myra Strober is both a professor in the School of Education and of economics (by courtesy) at the Graduate School of
Business. At the School of Education, she has twice won the annual award for Excellence in Teaching. Her research focuses
on gender issues at work, balancing workand family, women in the professions and management, the economics of childcare,
and feminist economics. She was the founding director of
Stanford’s Center for Research on Women (now the Clayman
Institute for Gender Research) and President of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). With Agnes Chan, she co-authored The Road Winds Uphill All the Way: Gender, Work, and Family in the United States and Japan (1999). ProfessorStrober not only studies work and family, she lives it; she ismarried to Dr. Jay Jackman and has two children, three stepchildren, two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, and five grandchildren (age 2 to 10).
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