title: Working women: economic and social considerations.
abstract: The social, political, and economic forces that have drawn women into the labor force are complex and interrelated. This chapter presents four major concerns of working women: gender wage differentials, working hours and flexible schedules, nonwage compensation, and working conditions. Women are a relatively recent phenomenon in the work-for-wages market, and their specific economic concerns are not well understood by society. As their numbers increase in the workplace, these concerns will assume greater importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Montana, Missoula.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unger
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*