absorbing more women in the formal labor force. Originality/value – This paper adds meaningfully to research in an area that has …

Purpose – Although the labor force participation rates for women in the USA have steadily risen during the last three … women opting for part-time jobs. Recognizing the importance of social change in explaining certain features of the labor … market, this paper aims to explore whether a broad change in social attitudes towards women's roles may form the basis for …

scheduled tribe women in India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses data from the Census of India, Department of … women among the tribal groups in the northeastern states has important effects on the literacy rates, enrollment ratios and … among tribal women in India. However, large differences in literacy rates in the various states in India show that social …

This paper analyzes the use of informal credit as a coping strategy against risk by market women in the city of Tamale … determine these market-based coping strategies. Market women invest a considerable amount of working hours in maintaining … market women with access to formal, reliable and long-term microfinance institutions, both to improve their ability to cope …

The main objective of this article is to analyse women’s and men’s relationships with work, especially with the labour … continuing inequality between women and men and the slow progress being made in achieving real equality. It then considers …

This article assesses explanations for the different way in which women participate in cooperatives as opposed to …-owned companies impacts in any way on the extent to which women participate in one type of enterprise or another. …

This paper concerns women’s representation in co-operatives, identifies if women’s representation influences and … contributes to co-operatives´ development and is based on secondary data and on interviews conducted with four women managers. The … study carries forward the exploration of a link between representation of women and the character and structure of co …

The paper aims to analyze the critical factors of women entrepreneurship development in rural Bangladesh. The analysis …. Regulative factors refer to different rules and regulations of the Government that facilitate women entrepreneurship development … the analysis of these factors, the paper provides many significant policy implications on how to improve women …