| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on women, gender, and work. Many different cultures have occupational segregation, generally manifested in the association of women with caring roles. For example, the woman that leaves her husband or parents to find a job or to be independent is frowned upon more than a husband or son who does the same. These gender norms dealing with the interpretation of proper behavior for women and men are closely linked to socially constructed ideas of familial altruism and individual self-interest. An interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between caring labor, social norms, and economic outcomes is presented, and some of the ways that this relationship can be altered by the process of capitalist development are outlined.
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