Women at Work: An Economic Perspective

by Tito Boeri (Editor), Daniela Del Boca (Editor), Christopher Pissarides (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199281886
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/11/2005
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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 Policy Research) and of the Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. Tito Boeri obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and was senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1987 to 1996. Daniela Del Boca is Professor of Economics at the University of Turin and is Director of the newly established Center for Household Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD). She has previously been President of the European Society of Population Economists, Professor at the Politechnic of Milan, Visiting Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, and Visiting Professor at New York University and Johns Hopkins. Christopher Pissarides is Professor of Economics at London School of Economics. He has held visiting positions at Yale University, UCLA, University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. Christopher is currently a specialist adviser to House of Commons Treasury Committee, a member of the Cyprus Monetary Policy Committee and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and IZA.

Table of Contents

Women in the Labour Force: How Well is Europe Doing?1. Introduction2. Some facts about women's employment patterns3. What explains women's employment patterns? 4. Job segregation5. Wage gaps6. The consequences of rising female participation for other workers7. What should polcy do? Comments by Florence JaumotteComments by Richard RogersonLabour Market Participation of Women and Fertility: the Effect of Social Policies1 Labour supply and fertility in Europe and the U.S.2. Parental work and child welfare3. How does women's work affect family income distribution? 4. Taxes, transfers, labour supply and household welfare5. What should policies do? Comments by Valerie LecheneComments by Giovanni Andrea CorniaFinal Remarks by Giuseppe Bertola and Gøsta Esping-Andersen