Introduction: Current Conditions of Work and Family in Japan -- 1 The Factors of Fertility Decline in Japan -- 2 The Japanese Working Custom and Women’s Employment Participation -- 3 Work and Family in Japan from the Comparative Perspective -- 4 Family Formation and Disparity -- 5 The...

Public institutions play a critical role in promoting gender-sensitive policies and gender equality more broadly, in the MENA region and around the world. Advancing gender balance in public institutions and public life more generally, including the judiciary, parliaments, and the political...

Introduction / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- Transitions over the lifecycle. Women working longer: facts and some explanations / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz -- The return to work and women's employment decisions / Nicole Maestas -- Understanding why black women are not working...

Shih-cheng Lien untersucht die Bedeutung der gestiegenen Frauenerwerbstätigkeit für die Veränderungen von Wohnstandort und räumlicher Mobilität. Mit Hilfe einer sekundärstatistischen Analyse des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) für die Jahre 1993 bis 2008 analysiert sie die zunehmende...