What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
Nancy Folbre focuses on Labour economics, Economic growth, Public policy, Positive economics and Demographic economics.
Her research in Labour economics is mostly concerned with Wage.
Her Economic growth research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Unpaid work and Capitalist system.
Her work focuses on many connections between Public policy and other disciplines, such as Elder care, that overlap with her field of interest in Process and Public economics.
Her research in Positive economics intersects with topics in Family values, Reciprocity, Economic context and Relevance.
Her study explores the link between Demographic economics and topics such as Quality that cross with problems in Family time.
Her most cited work include:
- When Does Gender Trump Money? Bargaining and Time in Household Work (833 citations)
- Who Pays for the Kids?: Gender and the Structures of Constraint (732 citations)
- The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values (553 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Nancy Folbre mostly deals with Labour economics, Political economy, Unpaid work, Economic growth and Public economics.
Specifically, her work in Labour economics is concerned with the study of Wage.
Her Political economy study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Capitalism.
Her studies in Unpaid work integrate themes in fields like Economic inequality and Demographic economics.
As part of her studies on Economic growth, Nancy Folbre often connects relevant areas like Care work.
Her work on Public economics is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Distribution.
She most often published in these fields:
- Labour economics (20.14%)
- Political economy (11.11%)
- Unpaid work (10.42%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2011-2021)?
- Unpaid work (10.42%)
- Labour economics (20.14%)
- Political economy (11.11%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Unpaid work, Labour economics, Political economy, Economic inequality and Care work are her primary areas of study.
Her Unpaid work study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Economic growth, Investment and Demographic economics.
Her study of Wage inequality is a part of Labour economics.
Her study focuses on the intersection of Political economy and fields such as Distribution with connections in the field of Power, Feminist theory, Collective identity and Affect.
Her work in Economic inequality addresses subjects such as Social force, which are connected to disciplines such as Standard of living and Public economics.
Her studies deal with areas such as Nursing and Flexibility as well as Care work.
Between 2011 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Should Women Care Less? Intrinsic Motivation and Gender Inequality (75 citations)
- Market Opportunities, Genetic Endowments, and Intrafamily Resource Distribution: Comment (61 citations)
- For Love and Money: Care Provision in the United States (42 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Labour economics, Unpaid work, Care work, Gender inequality and Welfare state.
Her research integrates issues of Economic inequality, Specialization, Market failure and Externality in her study of Labour economics.
Her study in Unpaid work is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Economic growth and Production.
Her Care work study combines topics in areas such as Nursing, Economy, State and Value.
Her Gender inequality research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social psychology, Intrinsic motivation, Gender equality, Politics and Normative.
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