interview data collected from women of three different cohorts in urban China, this study challenges China's free …-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women's work and family experiences. The book also explores urban women's non …

that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women … that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women …"In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose …

In the contentious debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women can decide if they … work, while working-class women need to work. Yet, even after the recent economic crisis, middle-class women are more … likely to work than working-class women. Sarah Damaske deflates the myth that financial needs dictate if women work …