000			01876cam a2200277 4500
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010			_a 2016014128
020			_a9789385985058 (hardback : alk. paper)
100			_aDasgupta, Sukti. _b _c _d _e _q
245	0	0	_aTransformation of women at work in Asia : _ban unfinished development agenda / _cedited by Sukti Dasgupta and Sher Singh Verick.
264		1	_aLos Angeles : _bSAGE, _c2016.
300			_axvi, 312 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aCONTENTS: 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. _g _r _t
650		0	_aLabor market _zAsia.
650		0	_aSex discrimination in employment _zAsia.
650		0	_aWomen _xEmployment _zAsia.
650		0	_aWomen _zAsia _xEconomic conditions.
650		0	_aWomen _zAsia _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aWomen employees _zAsia.
700	1		_aDasgupta, Sukti, _eeditor.
700	1		_aVerick, Sher, _eeditor.
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