1st Edition

Women and Industrialization in Asia

Edited By Susan Horton Copyright 1995

    It is well known that the female work force has played a large part in the Asian `export miracle.' Yet their role has commonly been depicted as confined to sweat shops and tea houses. This book examines the bigger picture regarding women in the labour market and how this has been changing in the course of development and industrialisation. Drawing on labour force survey data from across the continent, the book includes studies on India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Written in an accessible style and with the key issues amply supported by up-to-date quantitative data, Women and Industrialisation in Asia produces some surprising results and dispels some common myths regarding the position of female workers in the region.

    Chapter 1 WOMEN AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN ASIA, Susan Horton; Chapter 2 WOMEN IN THE INDIAN LABOUR FORCE, Sarthi Acharya; Chapter 3 WOMEN AND THE LABOUR MARKET IN INDONESIA DURING THE 1980s, Dwayne Benjamin; Chapter 4 WOMEN IN THE JAPANESE ECONOMY, M.Anne Hill; Chapter 5 WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE AND MALE-FEMALE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN KOREA, Moo Ki Bai, Woo Hyun Cho; Chapter 6 WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN MALAYSIA, Jamilah Ariffin, Susan Horton, Guilherme Sedlacek; Chapter 7 WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE PHILIPPINES, Ruperto Alonzo, Susan Horton, Reema Nayar; Chapter 8 CHANGES IN WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ROLE IN THAILAND, Mathana Phananiramai;

    Biography

    Susan Horton