… urban female labour in Latin America in the 1990s. It seeks to prepare an updated diagnosis
of the situation as regards female labour … Section II looks at the evolution of female labour …

… This study is a revised and updated version of the article ‘‘Changes in the urban female
labour market’’, which appeared in CEPAL Review No. 53, August 1994. The opinions …

… the experiences and perceptions of the Chinese rural female migrants as narrated by
themselves. It … Through their active engagement in the urban labour market, female migrants have …

… market segmentation… labour market segmentation and of attitudes to women's work will
provide greater understanding of the pattern of female labour absorption in urban labour markets …

… A guiding principle of this chapter is that an improvement in the position of urban women
cannot come about only through changes in the labour market and in employment opportunities…

… the demand for female labour. Female integration into the urban labour market has the potential
… of women’s productive independence in urban society. However, the gender division of …

… Figure 4.7 shows that shares of young women in rural and urban female employment
followed similar patterns. However, the sectoral pattern of teenage employment was highly …

… An important finding is that only highly educated women are attracted to the labour market
by higher expected earnings: for women with less than secondary education we find a …

… the labour market outcomes of young urban female graduates in India. Using nationally
representative employment data, we find that a rise in the adjusted labour … of the labour market to …

… In sum, the descriptive patterns reveal that female labour force participation rate in urban …
We observe more severe decline in female labour market participation for the younger and …