| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
The Rodolfo De Benedetti lecture series
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Rodolfo De Benedetti lecture series.
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| Note |
Two reports originally presented at a conference of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti held June 2003 in Alghero, Italy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Employment -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Labor market -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Wages -- Women -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Work and family -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Sex discrimination against women -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Women -- Employment -- Government policy -- Europe -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Boeri, Tito.
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Del Boca, Daniela.
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Pissarides, Christopher A.
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Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women at work. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 9780199281879 0199281874 (DLC) 2005001817 (OCoLC)57514999 |
| ISBN |
9780191535994 (electronic bk.) |
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0191535990 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199281879 (hbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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0199281874 (hbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780199281886 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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0199281882 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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