Shoshana Grossbard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3577699 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shoshana Grossbard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shoshana |
| FAMILY NAME | Grossbard |
| SIGNATURE | GROSSBARD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4884-8225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Spouses as home health workers, childcare workers and cooks: Insights for applied research
Women, Economics, and Household Economics: The Relevance of Workshops Founded by Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, and of Jacob Mincer
Mothers’ caregiving during Covid: The impact of marital property laws on women’s labor force status
If mothers take care of children more than fathers, then after the onset of COVID-19 mothers' employment is expected to drop more than that of fathers. This gender gap is likely to be larger where women are less concerned about the financial repercussions of opting out of the labor force, and therefore the gender gap in employment is likely to grow more where community property or homemaking provisions give more protection to homemakers in case o…
Spouses’ earnings association and inequality: A non-linear perspective
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10888-022-09539-5
Do immigrants pay a price when marrying natives? Lessons from the US time use survey
We compare the allocation of time of native men and women married to immigrants against their counterparts in all-native couples using the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003–18. We find that when intermarried to a native man, immigrant women pay an assimilation price to the extent that, compared to native women in all-native marriages, they work longer hours at paid work, household chores, or both, while their husbands do no extra work. …
Intergenerational residence patterns and Covid-19 fatalities in the EU and the US
Household Economics
Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda
Irma Adelman: A Pioneer in the Expansion of Economics
Major innovations and extensions require that economists change their focus. This entails the destruction of some of their human capital. Even though this is a process of creative destruction, typical of progress in industry, the process is somewhat painful and therefore is not undertaken lightly. Typically, most of the enthusiasm for our work on social and political aspects of economic growth was expressed by people either at the very top of our…
The New Home Economics at Colombia and Chicago
When Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker started the New Home Economics (NHE) at Columbia University in the early 1960s, they expanded on the field of family and consumption economics that Hazel Kirk and Margaret Reid began in the early 1920s. This paper studies forty years of household economics, the decisions that household members make regarding any allocation of resources. These decisions may regard consumption, labor supply, transportation, fertili…
The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labor Supply
Travail des femmes et mariage: Du Baby-Boom Au Baby-Bust
Grossbard-Shechtman S., Granger C.W.J. Travail des femmes et mariage: du baby-boom au baby-bust. In: Population, 53e année, n°4, 1998. pp. 731-752
Comment on “a theory of the value of children”
The authors dispute the theoretical model proposed by Friedman Hechter and Kanazawa on the value of children in developed countries that is related to the capacity to reduce uncertainty for individuals and to enhance marital solidarity for couples. The authors of this paper argue that the proposed theory has limited potential is internally inconsistent and fails empirical tests. Friedman et al. recognize other reasons for giving value to children…
Do not sell marriage short: Reply to strober
This paper explains why marriage market conditions may affect the participation of women in the labor force. In particular, it is claimed that changes in cohort size affect marriage market conditions and therefore women's labor-force participation. The paper also indicates how a theory of labor and marriage based on market analysis can possibly help women's causes. The paper first addresses theoretical issues raised by Strober. It then responds t…
On the Economics of Marriage: A Theory of Marriage, Labor and Divorce
Women's Labor Supply and Marital Choice
This paper hypothesizes that value of time, and consequently labor force participation, can vary with circumstances specific to a marriage or a marriage market. Wives' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower labor-force participation, whereas husbands' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower participation rates on the part of wives. Evidence for these hypotheses is found …
A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage
Journal Article A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage Get access Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman San Diego State University and Bar-Ilan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 376, 1 December 1984, Pages 863–882, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232300 Published: 01 December 1984
The Role and Determinants of Bride-Price: The Case of a Palestinian Village [and Comments and Reply]
Economic analysis is used to examine the institution of bride-price. Supply and demand curves are developed in the context of the marriage market, and some hypotheses about the determinants of bride-price are derived. Using data collected by Granqvist in the Palestinian village of Artas, these hypotheses are tested by means of multiple regression analysis. The main explanatory variables are the productivity of the bride (measured by variables suc…
The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975
David M. Heer, Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman, The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Feb., 1981), pp. 49-65
Population, Production, and Culture in the Plains Societies of Northern Cameroon and Chad: The Anthropologist in Development Projects [and Comments]
In the context of an FAO seminar on agricultural planning and population, the author shows what the anthropologist can contribute to the analysis of this kind of problem. The case put forward is based on five years of field research in Chad and Cameroon from 1958 to 1976, among the Masa, Musey, Tuburi, and Kera. Their demography, production system, and social organization are examined. In a regional framework large enough to warrant a fresh plann…
On Grossbard's Economic Analysis of Polygyny in Maiduguri
An Economic Analysis of Polygyny: The Case of Maiduguri
This article demonstrates that economic analysis can contribute helpful insights to the understanding of marriage choices in a non-Western society. Polygyny illustrates ideally the relevance of economics to any topic where scarcity constrains the attainment of valued goals. All predictions derived from economic theory are confirmed in the empirical analysis of households in the polygynous city of Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria. The novelty of…
A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage
Journal Article A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage Get access Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman San Diego State University and Bar-Ilan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 376, 1 December 1984, Pages 863–882, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232300 Published: 01 December 1984
The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975
David M. Heer, Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman, The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Feb., 1981), pp. 49-65
Women's Labor Supply and Marital Choice
This paper hypothesizes that value of time, and consequently labor force participation, can vary with circumstances specific to a marriage or a marriage market. Wives' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower labor-force participation, whereas husbands' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower participation rates on the part of wives. Evidence for these hypotheses is found …
Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda
The Role and Determinants of Bride-Price: The Case of a Palestinian Village [and Comments and Reply]
Economic analysis is used to examine the institution of bride-price. Supply and demand curves are developed in the context of the marriage market, and some hypotheses about the determinants of bride-price are derived. Using data collected by Granqvist in the Palestinian village of Artas, these hypotheses are tested by means of multiple regression analysis. The main explanatory variables are the productivity of the bride (measured by variables suc…
Population, Production, and Culture in the Plains Societies of Northern Cameroon and Chad: The Anthropologist in Development Projects [and Comments]
In the context of an FAO seminar on agricultural planning and population, the author shows what the anthropologist can contribute to the analysis of this kind of problem. The case put forward is based on five years of field research in Chad and Cameroon from 1958 to 1976, among the Masa, Musey, Tuburi, and Kera. Their demography, production system, and social organization are examined. In a regional framework large enough to warrant a fresh plann…
The New Home Economics at Colombia and Chicago
When Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker started the New Home Economics (NHE) at Columbia University in the early 1960s, they expanded on the field of family and consumption economics that Hazel Kirk and Margaret Reid began in the early 1920s. This paper studies forty years of household economics, the decisions that household members make regarding any allocation of resources. These decisions may regard consumption, labor supply, transportation, fertili…
Spouses’ earnings association and inequality: A non-linear perspective
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10888-022-09539-5
An Economic Analysis of Polygyny: The Case of Maiduguri
This article demonstrates that economic analysis can contribute helpful insights to the understanding of marriage choices in a non-Western society. Polygyny illustrates ideally the relevance of economics to any topic where scarcity constrains the attainment of valued goals. All predictions derived from economic theory are confirmed in the empirical analysis of households in the polygynous city of Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria. The novelty of…
On Grossbard's Economic Analysis of Polygyny in Maiduguri
Population, Production, and Culture in the Plains Societies of Northern Cameroon and Chad: The Anthropologist in Development Projects [and Comments]
In the context of an FAO seminar on agricultural planning and population, the author shows what the anthropologist can contribute to the analysis of this kind of problem. The case put forward is based on five years of field research in Chad and Cameroon from 1958 to 1976, among the Masa, Musey, Tuburi, and Kera. Their demography, production system, and social organization are examined. In a regional framework large enough to warrant a fresh plann…
The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975
David M. Heer, Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman, The Impact of the Female Marriage Squeeze and the Contraceptive Revolution on Sex Roles and the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, 1960 to 1975, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Feb., 1981), pp. 49-65
The Role and Determinants of Bride-Price: The Case of a Palestinian Village [and Comments and Reply]
Economic analysis is used to examine the institution of bride-price. Supply and demand curves are developed in the context of the marriage market, and some hypotheses about the determinants of bride-price are derived. Using data collected by Granqvist in the Palestinian village of Artas, these hypotheses are tested by means of multiple regression analysis. The main explanatory variables are the productivity of the bride (measured by variables suc…
A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage
Journal Article A Theory of Allocation of Time in Markets for Labour and Marriage Get access Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman Amyra Grossbard-Shechtman San Diego State University and Bar-Ilan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 94, Issue 376, 1 December 1984, Pages 863–882, https://doi.org/10.2307/2232300 Published: 01 December 1984
Women's Labor Supply and Marital Choice
This paper hypothesizes that value of time, and consequently labor force participation, can vary with circumstances specific to a marriage or a marriage market. Wives' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower labor-force participation, whereas husbands' traits valued in the marriage market are expected to be associated with lower participation rates on the part of wives. Evidence for these hypotheses is found …
On the Economics of Marriage: A Theory of Marriage, Labor and Divorce
Do not sell marriage short: Reply to strober
This paper explains why marriage market conditions may affect the participation of women in the labor force. In particular, it is claimed that changes in cohort size affect marriage market conditions and therefore women's labor-force participation. The paper also indicates how a theory of labor and marriage based on market analysis can possibly help women's causes. The paper first addresses theoretical issues raised by Strober. It then responds t…
Comment on “a theory of the value of children”
The authors dispute the theoretical model proposed by Friedman Hechter and Kanazawa on the value of children in developed countries that is related to the capacity to reduce uncertainty for individuals and to enhance marital solidarity for couples. The authors of this paper argue that the proposed theory has limited potential is internally inconsistent and fails empirical tests. Friedman et al. recognize other reasons for giving value to children…
The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labor Supply
Travail des femmes et mariage: Du Baby-Boom Au Baby-Bust
Grossbard-Shechtman S., Granger C.W.J. Travail des femmes et mariage: du baby-boom au baby-bust. In: Population, 53e année, n°4, 1998. pp. 731-752
The New Home Economics at Colombia and Chicago
When Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker started the New Home Economics (NHE) at Columbia University in the early 1960s, they expanded on the field of family and consumption economics that Hazel Kirk and Margaret Reid began in the early 1920s. This paper studies forty years of household economics, the decisions that household members make regarding any allocation of resources. These decisions may regard consumption, labor supply, transportation, fertili…
Irma Adelman: A Pioneer in the Expansion of Economics
Major innovations and extensions require that economists change their focus. This entails the destruction of some of their human capital. Even though this is a process of creative destruction, typical of progress in industry, the process is somewhat painful and therefore is not undertaken lightly. Typically, most of the enthusiasm for our work on social and political aspects of economic growth was expressed by people either at the very top of our…
Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda
Household Economics
Do immigrants pay a price when marrying natives? Lessons from the US time use survey
We compare the allocation of time of native men and women married to immigrants against their counterparts in all-native couples using the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003–18. We find that when intermarried to a native man, immigrant women pay an assimilation price to the extent that, compared to native women in all-native marriages, they work longer hours at paid work, household chores, or both, while their husbands do no extra work. …
Intergenerational residence patterns and Covid-19 fatalities in the EU and the US
Mothers’ caregiving during Covid: The impact of marital property laws on women’s labor force status
If mothers take care of children more than fathers, then after the onset of COVID-19 mothers' employment is expected to drop more than that of fathers. This gender gap is likely to be larger where women are less concerned about the financial repercussions of opting out of the labor force, and therefore the gender gap in employment is likely to grow more where community property or homemaking provisions give more protection to homemakers in case o…
Spouses’ earnings association and inequality: A non-linear perspective
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10888-022-09539-5
Women, Economics, and Household Economics: The Relevance of Workshops Founded by Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, and of Jacob Mincer
Spouses as home health workers, childcare workers and cooks: Insights for applied research
Sociology (18 works) · Economics (17 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (17 works) · Demography (12 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Labour economics (8 works)