Trade, Merger, and Employment: Economic Theory on Marriage
Author(s)
McCrate, Elaine
Abstract
The article summarized here critically examines the trade and merger models of the family and proposes a third metaphor-employment as it is understood in Marxian analysis-as an image for the family decision-making process. This framework is more compatible with the efforts of feminist economists to grapple with power and inequality between men and women within the family as well as in the larger society.
