Word: genderization
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...past 10 years, the study of gender has become accepted as a legitimate topic of scholarship for both male and female professors. But economics scholars say that as long as women have been in the labor force, economists have been studying gender...
Goldin says that gender has been of interest to economists since the 19th century. Yet many economists say changes in the labor force since World War II--when many women took on traditionally male jobs to replace soldiers sent abroad--sparked a closer look at the role of women and men in the workplace...
...Gender Stereotypes...
Despite shifts in the labor force, many stereotypes about gender roles in marriage and childcare still remain, scholars say. And it is these stereotypes that have shaped women's wage-earning capabilities, often leading to discrimination...
Victor R. Fuchs, an economist at Stanford University, says traditional expectations that women will marry and bear children have created gender-specific wage scales. This means, Fuchs says in his book, Women's Quest for Economic Equality, that married women earn less than their male counterparts and less than unmarried women as well...