Leaving Women Behind ― Modern Families Outdated Laws

This volume discusses the ways in which women are discriminated against in social and economic policies. Tax law, labor law, and other policy institutions have not adapted to the entry of women in the labor market, the authors argue, and working women are penalized as a result because these laws favor a single-income household. They examine and make suggestions for changes to work schedules, tax and benefit systems, labor laws, welfare, childcare, school systems, retirement, benefits, and Social Security. Strassel is a writer for the Wall Street Journal. Colgan is an education consultant and formerly affiliated with the Women in the Economy Project of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Goodman is founder and president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, which, with the Manhattan Institute, sponsored the publication of this volume. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kimberley A. Strassel is a senior editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal. She joined the editorial page in 1999, after working as a news reporter for Dow Jones in London and New York. Ms. Strassel is a native of Oregon and a graduate of Princeton University.

Celeste Colgan is an educational consultant, and member of the National Council on the Humanities and the Board of Trustees of Mesa State College in Colorado. She formerly served as a senior fellow and director of the Women in the Economy Project of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Before joining the NCPA, she held various positions, including director of the Wyoming Department of Commerce, as a member of the faculty of the University of Wyoming and Casper College, and in corporate and family-owned businesses. Dr. Colgan received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park.

John C. Goodman is founder and president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit public policy institute with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Washington, D.C. He is the author or coauthor of more than 200 articles and eight books, includingLives at Risk (2004). He received the prestigious Duncan Black Award for the best scholarly article on public choice economics in 1988. Dr. Goodman received a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and has taught at a number of colleges and universities.