Women's Work in the World Economy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxx

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2. Gender and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines

      • Maria Florol

      Pages 3-40

   3. Industrialisation Strategies and Gender Composition of Manufacturing Employment in Turkey

      • Günseli Berik, Nilüfer Çağatay

      Pages 41-60

   4. Female-Headed Households and Urban Poverty in Pakistan

      • Yasmeen Mohiuddin

      Pages 61-81

   5. The Hidden Roots of the African Food Problem: Looking Within the Rural Household

      • Jeanne Koopman

      Pages 82-103

3. Developed Countries: Gains and Losses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Economic Development and the Feminisation of Poverty

      • Tuovi Allèn

      Pages 107-119

   3. Economic Independence of Women in the Netherlands

      • Marga Bruyn-Hundt

      Pages 120-131

   4. The Impact of Demographic Trends in the United Kingdom on Women’s Employment Prospects in the 1990s

      • Lynne Evans

      Pages 132-154

   5. Union Density and Women’s Relative Wage Gains

      • Jean Fletcher, Sandra Gill

      Pages 155-166

4. Part-Time Market Work: Causes and Consequences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. The Effects of Japanese Income Tax Provisions on Women’s Labour Force Participation

      • Aiko Shibatal

      Pages 169-179

   3. Women and Part-time Work: France and Great Britain Compared

      • Marie-Gabrielle David, Christophe Starzec

      Pages 180-194

   4. Differential Returns to Human Capital in Full-time and Part-time Employment

      • John F. Ermisch, Robert E. Wright

      Pages 195-212

   5. Part-time Work in Sweden and its Implications for Gender Equality

      • Marianne Sundström

      Pages 213-223

5. Education and Family Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Re-entrance into the Labour Market of Women Graduates in Greece: The Results of an Experimental Training Programme

      • Athena Petraki Kottis

      Pages 227-239

   3. Women in Higher Education: Recent Changes in the United States

      • Mariam K. Chamberlain

      Pages 240-249

   4. The Impact of Population Policies on Women in Eastern Europe: The German Democratic Republic

      • Lynn Duggan

      Pages 250-264

Examines the role of women and men in the economy of the future. The diverse chapters share a common concern for the effect of public policies on women's work both in the market place and in the home. Empirical studies offer models for further research in the field of women in the economy.

• employment
• feminism
• labor market
• part-time employment
• poverty

• Bunting Institute, Radcliffe, Harvard University, Boston, USA

  Nancy Folbre

• Department of Economics, American University, USA

  Barbara Bergmann, Maria Floro

• Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  Bina Agarwal

Policies and ethics