Linear Models in order to separate the effects of individual and country level variables on women's economic dependency. We … general, generous maternity leave and child-care facilities reduce women's economic dependency through their effect on female … labor force participation. Similarly, part-time employment reduces women's economic dependency inasmuch as it facilitates …

The present study examines the hypotheses that progressive welfare-state policies are likely to increase women's labor … active men and women. Using data from 20 industrialized countries (obtained from the Luxembourg Income Study), we combine …

US results indicate that liberal market forces do not ensure women's greater investment in education and work hours will … achieve economic equality with men. As women's 'human capital' increases, men's returns to their own increase such that gender …

have appeared: 1) the primary caregiver/secondary earner strategy, focused on valuing the care in which women engage; 2 …) the primary earner/secondary caregiver strategy, focused on encouraging women's labor market participation; 3) the choice … strategy, which provides support for women's employment, but also gives women the choice of emphasizing caretaking when …

measures of gender equality. In particular, it appears that as work-family policies, in encouraging higher levels of women …-levels for women relative to men. We examine these apparent contradictions, and consider how they may differ based on particular … policies, or on the effects of policies on the employment outcomes of particular groups of women. We emphasize how policies …

(1986-2000). Women, on average, contribute less to a couple's income than men. Among the included countries, within … between men and women who live in a couple were examined and compared with the gender wage gaps for single individuals. The …

force on the distribution of income in spite of large employment gaps between high and low educated women. There are marked … of the family budget and single women, employed or not, are overrepresented in the bottom of the income distribution. The … US is the one country that stands out, with greater earnings equality among couples and more single women households …

This paper assesses women's poverty in 26 diverse LIS countries - five Anglophone countries, six Continental European … countries. Our analyses are organized around four questions: (1) What is the probability that prime-age women, compared to their … as post-transfer income, and when we consider absolute as well as relative poverty? (3) How do women's poverty rates …