Women and the economy: a comparative study of Britain and the U.S.A

ix 8.3 Females in civilian employment by industrial sector , 1980 8.4 Total civilian employment by industrial sec tor 8.5 Employment of married women 8.6 Part-time working in the EEC, 1979 8.7 Ratio of female to male earnings (annual), selected years 8.8 Female proportion of occupation grous, 1982 8.9 Economic activity in the USSR ## Foreword By Baroness Sec ar Anyone who proposes to give a lecture or write an artic1e on equal opportunity for women should get hold of this book, especially if the author intends, as so many authors do, to make comparisons between the position in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America. The extensive collection of statistics and tables provides answers to many of the questions that discussion on this subject inevitably raise and the impressive bibliography points the way to further study. It is the work of economists, not of sociologists, and the intention of the authors is to examine the statistical evidence for the many statements made about the causes and extent of inequality and the progress, or lack of it, in the drive towards equality. As such it is a valuable corrective to many less soberly based presentations of the subject. As a bonus, the book finish es with a Marxian analysis of sex equality. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-8 The Demographic and Economic Perspective....Pages 9-29 Employment Trends in the Twentieth Century....Pages 30-58 The Supply of Female Labour....Pages 59-88 The Demand for Female Labour....Pages 89-113 Equal Opportunity and Pay....Pages 114-132 Issues of the 1980s: Part-time Employment, Unemployment and the New Technology....Pages 133-165 International Comparisons....Pages 166-189 A Marxian Perspective....Pages 190-199 Back Matter....Pages 200-221 A.t. Mallier And M.j. Rosser ; Foreword By Baroness Seear. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 200-211.