International Review of Social History · 1997 · 28 citations · 4 references
Social SciencesHistorySociologyLabor EconomicsLabor HistorySocial InequalityEmploymentGender And WorkGerman Gender StudiesGerman Social HistoryPostwar EuropeWorkforce DemographicsBreadwinner DynamicsBreadwinner IdeologyFemale EmploymentGendered Occupational SegregationWomen's Economic Status During WartimeWomen's Labor Force ParticipationWomen’s Labor Force Participation
In 1989, when Germany became reunified after forty years of separation, no one could overlook the fact that East and West Germany differed greatly with regard to the position of women. The most striking difference of all seemed to lie in the rates of female employment: 91 per cent of all East German women under the age of 60 were counted as being employed, compared to only 55 per cent in West Germany.
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