Women’s Work in the World Economy

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines....Pages 3-40
Industrialisation Strategies and Gender Composition of Manufacturing Employment in Turkey....Pages 41-60
Female-Headed Households and Urban Poverty in Pakistan....Pages 61-81
The Hidden Roots of the African Food Problem: Looking Within the Rural Household....Pages 82-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Economic Development and the Feminisation of Poverty....Pages 107-119
Economic Independence of Women in the Netherlands....Pages 120-131
The Impact of Demographic Trends in the United Kingdom on Women’s Employment Prospects in the 1990s....Pages 132-154
Union Density and Women’s Relative Wage Gains....Pages 155-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
The Effects of Japanese Income Tax Provisions on Women’s Labour Force Participation....Pages 169-179
Women and Part-time Work: France and Great Britain Compared....Pages 180-194
Differential Returns to Human Capital in Full-time and Part-time Employment....Pages 195-212
Part-time Work in Sweden and its Implications for Gender Equality....Pages 213-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Re-entrance into the Labour Market of Women Graduates in Greece: The Results of an Experimental Training Programme....Pages 227-239
Women in Higher Education: Recent Changes in the United States....Pages 240-249
The Impact of Population Policies on Women in Eastern Europe: The German Democratic Republic....Pages 250-264