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November 1994, Vol. 117,
No. 11
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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