Increased female participation in the labour market is a very significant feature of recent economic development. This volume analyzes how demographic conditions have favored or slowed the increase and what the demographic effects of the increase will be.
Part I: Background 1. Introduction,Br?gida Garc?a, Richard Anker, and Antonella Pinnelli 2. Cross-National Analysis of Women in the Labour Market,Robert L. Clark, Anne York, and Richard Anker Part II: Labour Market and Demographic Effects of Major Economic and Political Change 3. Labour Market Transitions of Men and Women During an Economic Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia,Duncan Thomas, Kathleen Beegle, and Elizabeth Frankenberg 4. Gender, Labour Market, and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Women's Entry into the Formal Manufacturing Sector in Bangladesh,Rita Afsar 5. Missing the Partner and his Earnings: Income Situation and Labour Market Participation of Single Mothers in West and East Germany,Felix Buchel and Henriette Engelhardt 6. Divorce and Professional Careers in Russia During the Transition Towards Market Economy,Patrick Festy, Irina Kortchagina, Olga Mouratcheva, and Lidia Prokofieva Part III: Migration and Labour Market Changes for Women and Men 7. Gender and the Labour Market Among Immigrants in Some Italian Areas: The Case of Moroccans, Former Yugoslavians, and Poles,Salvatore Strozza, Gerardo Gallo, and Francesca Grillo 8. Double Jeopardy? Female Rural Migrant Labourers in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai,Wang Feng and Shen Anan 9. Migration, Gender, and Returns to Education in Shenzhen, China,Zai Liang and Yiu Por Chen Part IV: Increasing Feminization of the Labour Force: Balancing Work and Family 10. Women and Part-Time Employment: Workers' 'Choices' and Wage Penalties in Five Industrialized Countries,