Elisabeth M Landes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5867363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisabeth M Landes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisabeth M |
| FAMILY NAME | Landes |
| SIGNATURE | LANDES E M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 439 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Effect of State Maximum-Hours Laws on the Employment of Women in 1920
This paper investigates the effect of early twentieth-century state maximum-hours laws on the employment of women in manufacturing. Maximum-hours laws are found to have reduced not only women's hours of work in 1920 but their employment as well. Further, the effect was not uniform by race and nativity: While the employment of foreign-born women was significantly reduced--by as much as 30 percent in the most restrictive states--the employment of n…
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability
This paper focuses on the causes of marital instability. Section I develops a theoretical analysis of marital dissolution, incorporating uncertainty about outcomes of marital decisions into a framework of utility maximization and the marriage market. Section II explores implications of the theoretical analysis with cross-sectional data, primarily the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity and the Terman sample. The relevance of both the theoretical …
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability
This paper focuses on the causes of marital instability. Section I develops a theoretical analysis of marital dissolution, incorporating uncertainty about outcomes of marital decisions into a framework of utility maximization and the marriage market. Section II explores implications of the theoretical analysis with cross-sectional data, primarily the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity and the Terman sample. The relevance of both the theoretical …
The Effect of State Maximum-Hours Laws on the Employment of Women in 1920
This paper investigates the effect of early twentieth-century state maximum-hours laws on the employment of women in manufacturing. Maximum-hours laws are found to have reduced not only women's hours of work in 1920 but their employment as well. Further, the effect was not uniform by race and nativity: While the employment of foreign-born women was significantly reduced--by as much as 30 percent in the most restrictive states--the employment of n…
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability
This paper focuses on the causes of marital instability. Section I develops a theoretical analysis of marital dissolution, incorporating uncertainty about outcomes of marital decisions into a framework of utility maximization and the marriage market. Section II explores implications of the theoretical analysis with cross-sectional data, primarily the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity and the Terman sample. The relevance of both the theoretical …
The Effect of State Maximum-Hours Laws on the Employment of Women in 1920
This paper investigates the effect of early twentieth-century state maximum-hours laws on the employment of women in manufacturing. Maximum-hours laws are found to have reduced not only women's hours of work in 1920 but their employment as well. Further, the effect was not uniform by race and nativity: While the employment of foreign-born women was significantly reduced--by as much as 30 percent in the most restrictive states--the employment of n…
Economics (2 works) · Classical economics (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Econometrics (1 work) · Economic analysis (1 work) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 work) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (1 work) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (1 work) · Immigration (1 work) · Instability (1 work)