Transformation of women at work in Asia : an unfinished development agenda /
edited by Sukti Dasgupta and Sher Singh Verick.
- xvi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS: Cover page -- Half title page -- Marketing page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Women Labour Force Participation in Asia -- 3 At the Threshold of Economic Empowerment -- 4 Decline of Women's Labour Force Participation in India -- 5 Declining Female Employment in India -- 6 Women's Employment in Bangladesh -- 7 Factors Holding Women Back from Market Work in Sri Lanka -- 8 The Life-cycle of Women in the Labour Market in Cambodia -- 9 Women's Employment in Indonesia. 10 Women and Men in China's Labour Market -- 11 Mapping Out a Way Forward -- About the Editors and Contributors - - Index. This book examines the drivers of, and barriers to, participation of women in the Asian labour market for its socio-economic development and structural transformation.
9789385985058 (hardback : alk. paper)
2016014128
Labor market--Asia. Sex discrimination in employment--Asia. Women--Employment--Asia. Women--Economic conditions.--Asia Women--Social conditions.--Asia Women employees--Asia.