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The economics of gender in Mexico : work, family, state, and market /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Directions in developmentPublication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2001.Description: xx, 297 pISBN:
  • 0821348868 (pbk.)
  • 9780821348864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3'615'0972 ECO
LOC classification:
  • HD6060.65.M6 E27 2001
Summary: Examines gender differences in the Mexican economy, with a specific focus on labor markets. Gender differences are reviewed over the course of a life cycle, beginning with education and child labor, and on through adult urban and rural labor force participation. This book also considers the situation of the elderly women and men in Mexico. Each chapter uses different data sources and analytical methodologies but the volume in its entirety is guided by a gender perspective that looks at the situation of both men and women as distinct groups and in relationship to one another. The chapters contain detailed quantitative analysis drawing on national labor force statistics, specialized regional household surveys, and firm-level data.This volume is based on the commissioning of a series of technical papers by the World Bank, in collaboration with several Mexican government agencies.
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Examines gender differences in the Mexican economy, with a specific focus on labor markets. Gender differences are reviewed over the course of a life cycle, beginning with education and child labor, and on through adult urban and rural labor force participation. This book also considers the situation of the elderly women and men in Mexico. Each chapter uses different data sources and analytical methodologies but the volume in its entirety is guided by a gender perspective that looks at the situation of both men and women as distinct groups and in relationship to one another. The chapters contain detailed quantitative analysis drawing on national labor force statistics, specialized regional household surveys, and firm-level data.This volume is based on the commissioning of a series of technical papers by the World Bank, in collaboration with several Mexican government agencies.

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