Queer economics : a reader / edited by Joyce Jacobsen and Adam Zeller. - xiii, 466 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Why queer economics? -- The Economics of Sexual Orientation: Establishing a Research Agenda / Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Orientation: All in the Feminist Family? / Opening Questions / Barriers to the study of queer economics -- Why aren't More Economists Doing Research on Sexual Orientation? / Uncovering a Quantitative Economic History of Gays and Lesbians in the United States / Queer demography -- Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources / Using the Census to Profile Same-Sex Cohabitation: A Research Note / Lesbians and Gay Men Flirting with/Disengaging from Vital Statistics: Same Sex Relationships and the NZ Census 1971/2001 / Queer political economy -- Queer Political Economy: The Social Articulation of Desire / Lesbian Economics / Queer economic history -- Capitalism and Gay Identity / The Sexual Division of Labor, Sexuality, and Lesbian/Gay Liberation: Towards a Marxist-Feminist Analysis of Sexuality in U.S. Capitalism / Queer labor economics -- The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination / Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands / Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Hiring / Queer consumer economics -- The Gay Marketing Moment / We're Here, We're Queer, and We're Going Shopping! A Critical Perspective On the Accommodation of Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Marketplace / "Excuse Me, Sir? May I Help You and Your Boyfriend?": Salespersons' Differential Treatment of Homosexual and Straight Customers / Queer urban economics -- Gentrification and Gay Neighborhood Formation in New Orleans: A Case Study / Finding Oneself, Losing Oneself: The Lesbian and Gay Scene as a Paradoxical Space / Queer public finance -- Wedding Bell Blues: The Income Tax Consequences of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage / What If? The Legal Consequences of Marriage and the Legal Needs of Lesbian and Gay Male Couples / M. V. Lee Badgett and Rhonda M. Williams -- M. V. Lee Badgett -- Colleen Lamos -- Marieka M. Klawitter -- Kyle D. Kauffman -- Dan Black, Gary Gates, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor -- Voon Chin Phua and Gayle Kaufman -- Prue Hyman -- Richard R. Cornwall -- Jeffner Allan -- John D'Emilio -- Julie Matthaei -- M. V. Lee Badgett -- Erik Plug and Peter Berkhout -- Doris Weichselbaumer -- Amy Gluckman and Betsy Reed -- Lisa Penaloza -- Andrew S. Walters and Maria-Cristina Curran -- Lawrence Knopp -- Gill Valentine and Tracey Skelton -- James Aim, M. V. Lee Badgett and Leslie A. Whittington -- David L. Chambers. Sect. 1. 1. 2. 3. Sect. 2. 4. 5. Sect. 3. 6. 7. 8. Sect. 4. 9. 10. Sect. 5. 11. 12. Sect. 6. 13. 14. 15. Sect. 7. 16. 17. 18. Sect. 8. 19. 20. Sect. 9. 21. 22.

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Gay consumers--United States
Lesbian consumers--United States
Homosexuality--Economic aspects

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