The labour market for women and employment perspectives in the aftermath of German unification
研究了从计划经济向市场经济转型对东德妇女劳动力参与的影响，比较了东西德差异，指出高失业率源于岗位流失和再就业困难，并分析了性别不平等背后的制度因素。
The transition from a centrally planned to a market economy affects men and women differently. The article outlines the political and institutional factors underlying women's labor force participation in East Germany, comparing it to the situation in West Germany. The process of restructuring the economy and the society since the German reunification with respect to gender-specific developments is then discussed showing that the major cause of high female unemployment is the high rate of job losses and the difficulty of finding jobs once unemployed. This process includes a far reaching redistribution of work, income, and social and individual opportunities concerning men and women. The gender-specific processes are based on the particular forms of patriarchal relationships that had been characteristic for both German states. Copyright 1993 by Oxford University Press.