Maternal employment and child health global issues and policy solutions
1. Introduction -- 2. Women's employment around the globe -- 3. Conceptual framework -- 4. Existing evidence on maternal employment and child health -- 5. Data and methodology -- 6. New results for South and Southeast Asia -- 7. Conclusion and policy implications
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton, Mass
Edward Elgar Pub
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Women's employment around the globe -- 3. Conceptual framework -- 4. Existing evidence on maternal employment and child health -- 5. Data and methodology -- 6. New results for South and Southeast Asia -- 7. Conclusion and policy implications As women's labor force participation has risen around the globe, scholarly and policy discourse on the ramifications of this employment growth has intensified. This book explores the links between maternal employment and child health using an international perspective that is grounded in economic theory and rigorous empirical methods |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 215 p ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9781847205100 9781781001103 1847205100 |