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Informationen zum Autor Brígida García is Professor at the Centre for Demographic and Urban Studies of El colegio de México, México City. She has published many works on labour markets, the family and gender, and from 1995-99 served as co-chair of the Gender and Population Committee of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP).; Richard Anker works for the International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland.; Antonella Pinnelli is Professor of Social Demography at the Department of Demographic Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Increased female participation in the labour market is a very significant feature of recent economic developments. This volume analyses how demographic conditions have favoured or slowed the increase and what the demographic effects of the increase will be. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Background 1: Brígida García, Richard Anker, and Antonella Pinnelli: Introduction 2: Robert L. Clark, Anne York, and Richard Anker: Cross-National Analysis of Women in the Labour Market Part II: Labour Market and Demographic Effects of Major Economic and Political Change 3: Duncan Thomas, Kathleen Beegle, and Elizabeth Frankenberg: Labour Market Transitions of Men and Women During an Economic Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia 4: Rita Afsar: Gender, Labour Market, and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Women's Entry into the Formal Manufacturing Sector in Bangladesh 5: Felix Buchel and Henriette Engelhardt: Missing the Partner and his Earnings: Income Situation and Labour Market Participation of Single Mothers in West and East Germany 6: Patrick Festy, Irina Kortchagina, Olga Mouratcheva, and Lidia Prokofieva: Divorce and Professional Careers in Russia During the Transition Towards Market Economy Part III: Migration and Labour Market Changes for Women and Men 7: Salvatore Strozza, Gerardo Gallo, and Francesca Grillo: Gender and the Labour Market Among Immigrants in Some Italian Areas: The Case of Moroccans, Former Yugoslavians, and Poles 8: Wang Feng and Shen Anan: Double Jeopardy? Female Rural Migrant Labourers in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai 9: Zai Liang and Yiu Por Chen: Migration, Gender, and Returns to Education in Shenzhen, China Part IV: Increasing Feminization of the Labour Force: Balancing Work and Family 10: Elena Bardasi and Janet C. Gornick: Women and Part-Time Employment: Workers' 'Choices' and Wage Penalties in Five Industrialized Countries 11: Amy G. Cox, Joan M. Hermsen, and Jacob Alex Klerman: Economic Opportunities and the Transition to Marriage Among Young Women in the United States 12: Maria Stanfors and Lars Svensson: Education, Career Opportunities, and Changing Patterns of Fertility: A Study of Women in the Labour Market in Twentieth-Century Sweden 13: Marcela Cerrutti: Family, Quality of Jobs, and Female Labour Force Patterns in Buenos Aires, Argentina 14: Andrzej Kulczycki and Lucía Juárez: The Influence of Female Employment and Autonomy on Reproductive Behaviour in Egypt ...
