edited by Tito Boeri, Daniela Del Boca, Christopher Pissarides, with Rolf Aaberge [and others].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
The Rodolfo De Benedetti lecture series
GENERAL NOTES
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Two reports originally presented at a conference of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti held June 2003 in Alghero, Italy.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Women's employment patterns: some facts -- Explanations behind women's employment patterns -- Job segregation -- Wage gaps -- Rising female participation: the consequences for other workers -- What policy should do -- Labor supply and fertility in Europe and the US -- Parental employment and children's welfare -- Changes in labor market participation and family income distribution -- Taxes, transfers, labor supply and household welfare -- What policy should do.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Covering employment and wage gender gaps, participation of women, fertility, and the welfare of children, this insightful volume considers the trend towards greater participation of women in labour markets. It addresses the trade-offs involved in increasing participation of women in paid employment, setting out a better informed policy debate about these issues, and paving the way to realistic targets and ways to achieve them. Tito Boeri is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan. and Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti. He is research fellow of CEPR (Centre for Economic.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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00020142
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Title
Women at work.
International Standard Book Number
0199281874
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Labor market-- Europe, Congresses.
Sex discrimination against women-- Europe, Congresses.
Wages-- Women-- Europe, Congresses.
Women-- Employment-- Europe, Congresses.
Women-- Employment-- Government policy-- Europe, Congresses.