Additional title from top of table of contents page: Labour force participation and development : case studies

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction / by Guy Standing -- Case study no.1. Female participation in economic activity in Colombia / by Alejandro Angulo and Cecilia L. de Rodriguez -- 2. Participation of married women in the urban labour market in selected Latin American countries: Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela / by Waldomiro Pecht -- 3. Mexico and Costa Rica : some evidence on women's participation in economic activity / by Andras Uthoff and Gerardo Gonzalez -- 4. Family composition and married female employment : the case of Chile / by Peter Peek -- 5. A simultaneous equation model of household behaviour / by Peter Peek -- 6. Female Labour supply in an urbanising economy / by Guy Standing -- 7. Factors affecting labour force participation rates in Ghana, 1970 / by K.T. de Graft Johnson -- 8. Economic activity of women in Nigeria / by Guy Standing and Glen Sheehan -- 9. A micro-analysis of female labour force participation in Africa / by Richard Anker and James C. Knowles -- 10. Labour force participation rates in Khartoum / by Glen Sheehan -- 11. The education and employment of children : a comparative study of San Salvador and Khartoum / by Peter Peek -- 12. The determinants of labour force participation in Yugoslavia / by Miroslav Rasevic -- 13. Labour force growth, utilization and determinants in Singapore / by Pang Eng Fong -- 14. Labour force participation in Sri Lanka / by Guy Standing and Glen Sheehan -- 15. Labour force participation in Papua New Guinea / by Glen Sheehan -- 16. An analysis of time allocation and labour supply in the rural sector of Melanesia / by Grant Kirkpatrick -- 17. Labour absorption and labour force participation : some evidence from Thailand / by G.B. Rodgers -- 18. Fertility and labour force participation : Philippines, 1968 / by Jose Encarnacion Jr. -- 19. A model of labour supply in the Phillippines / by R. Wery, G.B. Rodgers and P. Peek