Women’s Work in the World Economy

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Preface - The International Economic Association - Acknowledgements - IEA Programme Committee - Local Organising Committee and Local Advisory Board - List of Authors and Editors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction: The Feminist Sphinx N.Folbre - PART 1: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT - Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines M.Floro - Industrilisation Strategies and Gender Composition of Manufacturing Employment in Turkey G.Berik & N.Cagatay - Female-headed Households and Urban Poverty in Pakistan Y.Mohiuddin - The Hidden Roots of the African Food Problem: Looking within the Rural Household J.Koopman - PART 2: DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: GAINS AND LOSSES - Economic Development and the Feminisation of Poverty T.Allen - Economic Independence of Women in the Netherlands M.Bruyn-Hundt - The Impact of Demographic Trends in the United Kingdom on Women's Employment Prospects in the 1990s L.Evans - Union Density and Women's Relative Wage Gains J.Fletcher & S.Gill - PART 3: PART-TIME MARKET WORK: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES - The Effects of Japanese Income Tax Provisions on Women's Labour Force Participation A.Shibata - Women and Part-time Work: France and Great Britain Compared M-G.David & C.Starzec - Differential Returns to Human Capital in Full-time and Part-time Employment J.F.Ermisch & R.E.Wright - Part-time Work in Sweden and its Implications for Gender Equality M.Sundstrom - PART 4: EDUCATION AND FAMILY POLICY - Re-entrance into the Labour Market of Women Graduates in Greece: The Results of an Experimental Training Programme A.P.Kottis - Women in Higher Education: Recent Changes in the United States M.K.Chamberlain - The Impact of Population Policies on Women in Eastern Europe: The German Democratic Republic L.Duggan