Women and Work: Understanding Participation

Upper Limb Absence: Predictors of Work Participation and Work Productivity.

OBJECTIVES To analyze work participation, work productivity, contributing factors, and physical work demands of individuals with upper limb absence (ULA). DESIGN Cross-sectional study: postal survey (response rate, 45%). SETTING Twelve rehabilitation centers and orthopedic workshops. PARTICIPANTS Individuals (n=207) with unilateral transverse upper limb reduction deficiency (RD) or acquir...

Women, work and culture.

When asked by the Editor-in-Chief to revisit the state of women and work after a decade, interest was intense to learn about the changes that had ensued during that period of time. What became readily apparent is that an entire issue of the journal needed to be devoted to this topic and that the addition of the concept of culture would provide a broader and more complete overview of women and w...

Women, work and compensation

Women , Work , and Culture

This paper discusses some recent advances in the area of culture and economics and examines the effect of culture on a key economic outcome: female labor supply. To separate the effect of market variables and institutions from culture, I use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women. I use both female LFP and attitudes in the women's country of ancestry as cultural ...

Women, work, and menopause.

EDITORIAL Women, work, and menopause T he subject of the impact of menopause symptoms and related diseases on women's work warrants professional attention. In this editorial, I will briefly describe the meaning and significance of women's work at the start of the 21st century. The discussion then turns to the study of the effects of menopause symptoms on Bwork ability[ that is published in this...