Transformation of women at work in Asia an unfinished development agenda - Dasgupta, Sukti; Verick, Sher (Los Angeles SAGE, 2016)
Introduction Sukti Dasgupta and Sher Singh Verick. -- Women labour force participation in Asia: trends and issues Fernanda Bärcia de Mattos and Ruchika Chaudhary. -- At the threshold of economic empowerment: women, work and gender regimes in Asia Govind Kelkar. -- Decline of women's labour force participation in India: explaining the puzzling trend Steven Kapsos, Andrea Silberman and Evangelia Bourmpoula. -- Declining female employment in India: insights from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh Partha Saha, Sher Singh Verick, Santosh Mehrotra and Sharmistha Sinha. -- Women's employment in Bangladesh: beyond garments Rushidan Islam Rahman and Rizwanul Islam. -- Factors holding women back from market work in Sri Lanka: to work or not to work? Ramani Gunatilaka. -- The life-cycle of women in the labour market in Cambodia: subsistence versus wage employment Kang Chandararot and Liv Dannet. -- Women's employment in Indonesia: gaining more from structural transformation Makiko Matsumoto. -- Women and men in China's labor market: is inequality on the rise? Sukti Dasgupta, Makiko Matsumoto and Cuntao Xia. -- Mapping out a way forward: can policies make a difference? Sukti Dasgupta and Sher Singh Verick.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Labor market -- Asia; Sex discrimination in employment -- Asia; Women employees -- Asia; Women -- Employment -- Asia; Women -- Asia -- Economic conditions; Women -- Asia -- Social conditions