scholarly journals COHEN, Marjorie Griffin, Women’s Work, Markets, and Economic Development in Nineteeth-Century Ontario. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, The State and Economic Life Series, 1988. 14,95 $

1989 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 607
Author(s):  
Bettina Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Nineteeth Century

scholarly journals Male Social Status and Women's Work

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 363-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arielle Bernhardt ◽  
Erica Field ◽  
Rohini Pande ◽  
Natalia Rigol ◽  
Simone Schaner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Social Cost ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Female Labor ◽  
Employment Decisions ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Women’S Work

Female labor force participation varies significantly even among countries with similar levels of economic development. Recent studies have shown that gender norms can help explain these differences in women's work, but the channels through which norms impact women's employment decisions are not well understood. We present novel data on spouses' preferences and perceptions of community attitudes about female labor in rural India and document associations with female work. We find that the perceived social cost of women's work falls on men and that husbands' opposition to female labor is associated with their wives' lower take-up of employment.

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