▪ Abstract This review examines research on education and inequality in developing
regions. In tracing the progress of this field of inquiry, it focuses on empirical studies of …

El propósito de este artículo es sistematizar algunas de las diversas maneras en que el
trabajo femenino ha sido analizado en América Latina. Antes que presentar una revisión …

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rcproduced or utilized in an, u for,-, r or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including …

Background: Theories of human capital would suggest that with more education, women
acquire greater skills and their earnings increase, resulting in higher labor force …

The volume offers essential reading for undergraduates who need an introduction to the
field, for graduate students who wish to broaden their understanding of stratification …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism
to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with …

Work Under Capitalism synthesizes recent institutionalist and Marxist ideas about the
organization of production, situating production within a social context. Starting with the …

Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit is an innovative sociological examination of what is perhaps
the main engine of economic reform in China, the large industrial firm. Doug Guthrie, who …

Among development agencies, conventional wisdom holds that educational expansion
improves economic welfare and health, reduces inequalities, and encourages democratic …

Indian women's labor force participation is extremely low, and women are much less likely
than men to work in the nonfarm sector. Earlier research has explained women's labor …