Currently there are over 11 million women employed in the UK, accounting for 49.5% of the workforce. However, despite … increases in the number of women employed in the construction industry over the past decade, they still constitute only 13% of … groups. A review is presented of the literature relating to the current position of women in the construction industry. It …

Philanthropic work involved large numbers of middle-class women in the performance of accounting functions during the … nineteenth century. This hitherto 'hidden' group of women accountants is explored through a biographical study of housing … illustrative of the importance of accounting to women's philanthropic endeavour are alluded to. …

What questions should economists be asking when looking at how markets affect women? This comment expands on a debate …

This article examines how women's efforts at capital accumulation and wealth production in late nineteenth … men and women that called into question women's financial capabilities, their relationship to money and the financial … man and a woman. While women achieved gains, they did so despite huge challenges that limited their ability to exercise …

The importance of increased levels of education in improving the status of women throughout the world is well … established. Higher levels of education are associated with lower birth rates, higher incomes, and greater autonomy for women. Yet …, women's struggle to have a voice in higher education has been fraught with difficulties in the US and worldwide …