List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Gustafsson & D.Meulders PART I: SETTING THE STAGE The Feminization of Work: A New Era for (Man)kind; R.Freeman Women's Employment in a Society of Rampant Unemployment; M.Maruani PART II: THE GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENCE The Danish Gender Wage Gap and Wage Determination in the Private and Public Sectors; N.D.Gupta, R.L.Oaxaca & N.Smith Do Markets Discriminate?: Comparing the Male-Female Wage Gap of United States Public and Private School Principals; L.Joy The Impact of Regional Migration on the Earnings, Employment and Overeducation of Married Women in the U.K.; H.Battu, P.T.Seaman & P.J.Sloane Tied Movers, Tied Stayers: The Higher Risk of Overeducation among Married Women in West Germany; F.Buchel PART III: THE GENDER DIFFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS Churning in the Norwegian Labour Market: Gender Differences in Job and Worker Mobility; E.Barth & H.D.Olsen Optimal Age at Giving Birth: Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Sweden; S.Gustafsson & C.Wetzels Tax Discrimination against Women in Spain: Why are we Favouring Traditional Families?; A.Fuenmayor & C.Salvador How Do Couples Spend Their Time?: Hours of Market and Domestic Work Time in British Partnerships; H.Davies, H.Joshi, M.Killingworth & R.Peronaci A Longitudinal Analysis of Part-Time Work by Women and Men in the Netherlands; R.Dekker, R.Muffels & E.Stancanelli Working Time, Women and Low Wages in Belgium; M.Jepsen, D.Meulders & I.Terraz Are Lone Parents Households Today Often Poor in France?: An Analysis Using Three Different Poverty Measures; D.Clement & C.Sofer Index of Authors Index of Subjects