An impressive gathering of the latest feminist economic scholarship and a revealing overview of the role of female labor in the global economy, this volume examines the economic contributions of women in both underdeveloped and advanced capitalist societies. The international contributors have organized their selections according to four themes: gender and development; women in developed post-industrial countries; causes and consequences of part-time work; and education and family policy. The chapters span the globe, bringing together research data from the United States, England, the Philippines, Turkey, Pakistan, Japan, France, Sweden, and the former East Germany. The contributors to the book are: Tuovi Allen (Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland), Guenseli Berik (New School for Social Research), Marga Bruyn-Hundt (University of Amsterdam, Holland), Niluefer Cagatay (Ramapo College), Mariam K. Chamberlain (National Council for Research on Women, New York), Marie-Gabrielle David (Centre d'Etude des Revenus et des Couts, France), Lynn Duggan (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), John F. Ermisch (National Institute of Economic and Social Research, England), Lynne Evans (University of Durham, England), Jean Fletcher (Gettysburg College), Maria S. Floro (American University), Sandy Gill (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Jeanne Koopman (University of Bordeaux, France), Athena Petraki Kottis (Economic University of Athens, Greece), Yasmeen Mohiuddin (University of the South), Aiko Shibata (Tezukayama University, Japan), Christophe Starzec (Centre d'Etude des Revenus and des Couts, France), Marianne Sundstroem (Swedish Centre for Working Life), and Robert E. Wright (University of London, England).