This paper reviews the methods and empirical findings from economic analyses of women's contribution to social welfare … and the determinants of their human capital. To understand better women's roles in agricultural households, three themes …

participation of young women to show that, because of an overlap between the proportion of women in school and the proportion … counted as being in the labor force (young women "working their way through school"), when labor force participation rate is …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …

. One strand of the literature shows that socialism shaped also the attitude toward working women. Against the background … effect on attitudes is not visible in actual behaviour. Another novel finding is that social acceptance of working women … German women in work in pre-War Germany. The paper exemplifies that considering the pre-separation history of Germany is …

labour supply. This corresponds to a remarkable mark-up of married East German women in the labour market before German … on attitudes toward working women do not necessarily translate into meaningful East-West differences in terms of actual …

countries on four continents there is no difference-men and women do the same amount of total work. This latter fact has been …, macroeconomists, the general public and sociologists are unaware of it and instead believe that women perform more total work. The … facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women's total work is …

countries on four continents there is no difference - men and women do the same amount of total work. This latter fact has been …, macroeconomists, the general public and sociologists are unaware of it and instead believe that women perform more total work. The … facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women's total work is …