Analyzing the transformation of the family

A 1994 study that sought to explain the relationship between the entry of women into the labor force and the decline of real wages and the increase in the number of overworked employees was criticized for being based on neoclassical, rather than Marxian, economics and for being too formal. Critics also charged that the study did not fully explain the factors behind changes in families' economic structure. Closer examination, however, reveals that these criticisms are baseless.