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Pettit, Becky; Hook, Jennifer Lynn – Social Forces, 2005
In this paper we analyze social survey data from 19 countries using multi-level modeling methods in an effort to synthesize structural and institutional accounts for variation in women's employment. Observed demographic characteristics show much consistency in their relationship to women's employment across countries, yet there is significant…
Descriptors: Surveys, Employment, Models, Employed Women
Del Campo, Esther – Social Forces, 2005
This article attempts to offer a general panorama of some issues related to political representation of women in Latin America. Specifically, it analyzes the advances made in the representation of women in politics during the 1990s. It offers a descriptive analysis of national cases in Latin America from an institutional focus. In spite of the…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Politics, Females