Saturday, April 19 / 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM   •   Napoleon B1

Session 167:
Gender and Labor Force Participation in Different National Contexts

Chair: Michelle J Budig, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Discussant: Jennifer L. Hook, Pennsylvania State University

  1. Unmet Need for the Utilization of Women’s Labor: Findings from Three Impoverished Communities in Outer BeirutMarwan Khawaja, American University of Beirut ; Rozette Jurdi, University of Western Ontario ; Shireen Assaf, American University of Beirut

  2. Indian Women in IT sector: Beginning to Reverse Gender Discrimination?Alice W. Clark, Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) ; T.V. Sekher, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  3. Women's Employment in Post-Socialist Poland: A Barrier to or a Precondition for Childbearing?Anna Matysiak, Warsaw School of Economics

  4. How Much Does it Cost To Stay at Home?: Career Interruptions and the Gender Wage Gap in FranceSophie Ponthieux, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) ; Dominique Meurs, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II ; Ariane Pailhe, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

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