November 2000 - State policies can enormously influence gender equity. They can mitigate cultural constraints on women’s autonomy (as in China and India) or slow the pace of change in gender equity (as in the Republic of Korea). Policies to provide opportunities for women’s empowerment...

The contributions in this Explorations section reveal differences across countries in the support systems of the elderly and shows that poverty among the elderly has not been eliminated, even in rich countries. Social insurance systems with an adequate minimum benefit do the best job of avoiding...

Household-labor time and market-labor time are organized in part through the social structure of unequal gender relations. Generally, women do more household work than men, women's market work is undervalued, and the greatest rewards for market work accrue to men. The career model of employment...

NEGREY C., ZICKEL M. B. and FENN J. M. (1998) Industrial restructuring and regional household income growth, Reg. Studies 32 , 103-111. In this study industry and place intersect in a systematic examination of the effects of industrial restructuring on men's and women's personal income and...