-assisted suicide leave much to be desired. Although this topic has been beaten to death in the literature, the vast majority of … in these cases. Basically, suicide is a property rights issue and physician-assisted suicide is a contract rights issue …

The transformation of women's lives in the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching social and … economic phenomena, affecting not only women, but also their partners and children. This Handbook provides the first … special attention is given to developed and developing economies, because the constraints women face and the key policy issues …

This paper reviews the methods and empirical findings from economic analyses of women's contribution to social welfare … and the determinants of their human capital. To understand better women's roles in agricultural households, three themes … changing bargaining power of men and women is traced primarily to the increasing investment in women's human capital, in the …