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The Gender of Capital : How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality
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In countries with officially egalitarian property law, women still accumulate less wealth than men. Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital explains how a...
In countries with officially egalitarian property law, women still accumulate less wealth than men. Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital explains how and why women of all classes are economically disadvantaged at crucial junctures in family life such as divorce, inheritance, and succession.
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2023
- ©2023
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- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- ISBNs
- 0674292804, 0674271793, 9780674292802, 0674292790, 9780674271791, 9780674292796
- OCLC
- on1375292468, on1368026825, on1368026834
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Introduction -- 1. The Family as an Economic Institution -- 2. Family Reproduction versus Women’s Wealth -- 3. Acquit the Strong and Condemn the Weak -- 4. Sexist Accounting under Cover of Egalitarian Law -- 5. Tax Avoidance and Family Peace at the Expense of Women -- 6. Can the Courts Make Up for Wealth Inequality? -- 7. The Particular Hardships of Proletarian Ex-Wives -- Conclusion -- Statistical Appendixes -- Ethnographic and Archival Sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index