Issues in Contemporary Economics: Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of the International Economic Association, Athens, Greece.; (Issues in Comtemporary Economics Volume 4: Women's Work in the World Economy.)

Folbre, Nancy et al. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0814726062 / ISBN 13: 9780814726068

Published by New York University Press, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Issues in Contemporary Economics: Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of the International Economic Association, Athens, Greece.; (Issues in Comtemporary Economics Volume 4: Women's Work in the World Economy.)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814726062
• ISBN 13: 9780814726068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

An impressive gathering of the latest feminist economic scholarship and a revealing overview of the role of female labor in the global economy, this volume examines the economic contributions of women in both underdeveloped and advanced capitalist societies. The international contributors have organized their selections according to four themes: gender and development; women in developed post-industrial countries; causes and consequences of part-time work; and education and family policy. The chapters span the globe, bringing together research data from the United States, England, the Philippines, Turkey, Pakistan, Japan, France, Sweden, and the former East Germany.

The contributors to the book are: Tuovi Allen (Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland), Guenseli Berik (New School for Social Research), Marga Bruyn-Hundt (University of Amsterdam, Holland), Niluefer Cagatay (Ramapo College), Mariam K. Chamberlain (National Council for Research on Women, New York), Marie-Gabrielle David (Centre d'Etude des Revenus et des Couts, France), Lynn Duggan (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), John F. Ermisch (National Institute of Economic and Social Research, England), Lynne Evans (University of Durham, England), Jean Fletcher (Gettysburg College), Maria S. Floro (American University), Sandy Gill (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Jeanne Koopman (University of Bordeaux, France), Athena Petraki Kottis (Economic University of Athens, Greece), Yasmeen Mohiuddin (University of the South), Aiko Shibata (Tezukayama University, Japan), Christophe Starzec (Centre d'Etude des Revenus and des Couts, France), Marianne Sundstroem (Swedish Centre for Working Life), and Robert E. Wright (University of London, England).

About the Author

NANCY FOLBRE is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. BARBARA BERGMANN is Professor of Economics at the American University, Washington, D.C. and the author of The Economic Emergence of Women. BINA AGARWAL is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Institute of Agricultural Economics at Delhi University and is currently a Fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe/Harvard University and the author of several books, including Mechanization in Indian Agriculture. MARIA FLORO is Assistant Professor of Economics at the American University in Washington, D.C.