Czech women in transition (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Nov. 1994

Czech women in transition

Marianne A. Ferber
Martina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Professor of Economics and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign

Despite a contracting economy from 1989 to 1991, labor force participation of Czech women remains high. Earnings needs, a high divorce rate, and a growing proportion of families headed by women explain the very modest decline in women's participation.

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