Women at Work: An Economic Perspective

Covering employment and wage gender gaps, participation of women, fertility, and the welfare of children, this insightful volume discusses how the trend towards greater participation of women in labour markets interacts with gender differences in pay. It focuses on the scope for increasing the number of women in the labour force without negatively affecting the development of their children.

The need for this volume has become self evident. At the Spring 2000 Lisbon meeting of the European Co…