Looking at women in the Asian labour market, this book 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;