Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Mitter, Swasti
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Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Does New Technology Bode Well for Working Women?: An Evaluation and Analysis
Abstract: Drawing on an extensive survey of empirical work in the field of information
	 technologies and biotechnologies, the paper highlights the relevance of new
	 technologies in improving the quality and quantity of women's employment in the
	 modern sector. The analysis identifies the differential impacts of these new
	 technologies on women and men and explores the social and economic factors that
	 lead to such differential impacts. The paper locates points of intervention by
	 policymakers for redressing gender imbalances in the structure of paid employment.
Keywords: IT, Biotechnology, Women workers, gender issues
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 1995
Number: 12
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/9512.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 104 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:199512