Examines the role of women and men in the economy of the future. The diverse chapters share a common concern for the effect of public policies on women's work both in the market place and in the home. Empirical studies offer models for further research in the field of women in the economy.

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Preface; A.Sen - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors and Editors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction: The Feminist Sphinx; N.Folbre - PART 1: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT - Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines; M.Floro - Industrialisation Strategies and Gender Composition of Manufacturing Employment in Turkey; G.Berik & N.Cagatay - Female-headed Households and Urban Poverty in Pakistan; Y.Mohiuddin - The Hidden Roots of the African Food Problem: Looking within the Rural Household; J.Koopman - PART 2: DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: GAINS AND LOSSES - Economic Development and the Feminisation of Poverty; T.Allen - Economic Independence of Women in the Netherlands; M.Bruyn-Hundt - The Impact of Demographic Trends in the United Kingdom on Women's Employment Prospects in the 1990s; L.Evans - Union Density and Women's Relative Wage Gains; J.Fletcher & S.Gill - PART 3: PART-TIME MARKET WORK: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES - The Effects of Japanese Income Tax Provisions on Women's Labour Force Participation; A.Shibata - Women and Part-time Work: France and Great Britain Compared; M-G.David & C.Starzec - Differential Returns to Human Capital in Full-time and Part-time Employment; J.F.Ermisch & R.E.Wright - Part-time Work in Sweden and its Implications for Gender Equality; M.Sundstrom - PART 4: EDUCATION AND FAMILY POLICY - Re-entrance into the Labour Market of Women Graduates in Greece: The Results of an Experimental Training Programme; A.P.Kottis - Women in Higher Education: Recent Changes in the United States; M.K.Chamberlain - The Impact of Population Policies on Women in Eastern Europe: The German Democratic Republic; L.Duggan