Social policy debates as early as the 1950s have focused on the activation of individuals into employment.. This assumes jobs with good working conditions and fair pay; ignores women's reality of part-time work, unpaid care work and the gender pay gap; and has often resulted in the weakening of...

pt. 1. Surveys -- pt. 2. Case studies of unpaid work and learning -- pt. 3. Case studies of paid work and learning -- pt. 4. Case studies of transitions between education and work -- pt. 5. Concluding reflections.

The “child penalty” significantly reduces women’s lifetime earnings and pension savings, but it remains unclear whether these gaps are the deliberate result of forward-looking decisions. This paper provides novel evidence on the role of information constraints in mothers’ labor supply...

Chapter 1. Italian women of the past: their economic culture and actions (Manuela Mosca) -- Part I. Women in business -- Chapter 2. Isabella De Mari Doria, a female investor and gambler in the Genoese aristocracy (Antonio Iodice) -- Chapter 3. Women and business: fresh evidence from the probate...