This open access book investigates female employment and the gender gap in the labor market and households during China’s economic transition period. It provi

Today, more American women than ever before stay in the workforce into their sixties and seventies. This trend emerged in the 1980s, and has persisted during th

This groundbreaking report shines a light on the important issue of women's work and its impact on family life and society as a whole. Through in-depth intervie

This volume examines the nature of married women's participation in the economies of three East Asian countries—Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In addition to

In the 1950s heated views were sometimes expressed about the alleged social results of married women going out to work. Originally published in 1962 Married Wom