Women at work:an economic perspective

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti
Group Author: Del Boca Daniela; Pissarides Christopher A; Boeri Tito
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The Rodolfo De Benedetti lecture series
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Carrier Form: xiii, 278 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780199281879 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199281874 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199281886 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0199281882 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Index Number: F249
CLC: F249.501-532
Call Number: F249.501-532/W872/2003
Contents: Two reports originally presented at a conference of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti held June 2003 in Alghero, Italy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Women's employment patterns: some facts -- Explanations behind women's employment patterns -- Job segregation -- Wage gaps -- Rising female participation: the consequences for other workers -- What policy should do -- Labor supply and fertility in Europe and the US -- Parental employment and children's welfare -- Changes in labor market participation and family income distribution -- Taxes, transfers, labor supply and household welfare -- What policy should do.