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A World of Difference: International Trends in Women's Economic Status
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Around the globe and starting in the affluent West, women have made major, even revolutionary, strides toward equality with men. However, while access to major social institutions has equalized dramatically, expanded participation in labor markets and educational systems often comes in the form of gender-differentiated roles within these institutions. This article reviews international trends on different indicators of women's economic status and considers explanations for observed patterns. The forms of equality that tend to persist in advanced industrial societies are those that are readily interpreted as outcomes of free choices by formally equal but innately different men and women.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Charles, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Charles, Maria
- ORCID
- Charles, Maria
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2011-08-11
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 355-371
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- OpenAlex
- W2130601864
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Keywords
- women's economic status, gender inequality, gender roles, labor force participation, women's education, cross-national comparison, gender equality, women's empowerment
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