The Economic Empowerment of Women: A Global Perspective

Chapter 1: Women’s Empowerment and Households’ Consumption-Savings Decision Vidya Atal and Luis San Vicente Portes ................ 1 Chapter 2: Women and Disaster Management Jennifer Martin .........................................................15 Chapter 3: Empowerment of Vulnerable Women: Policy and Mental Health Vanessa Hunn .........................................................37 Chapter 4: Tax Policies, Female Labor Force Participation and Women’s Empowerment Vidya Atal ...............................................................53 Chapter 5: Career Plateaus among Women: Consequences, Causes, and Coping Carrie Hurst ..............................................................69 Chapter 6: Armenian Women Entreprenuers: Past and Present Mary Etmekjian ........................................................83 Chapter 7: Women, Marriage, and Childbearing Vanessa Hunn and Christson Adedoyin ....................101 Chapter 8: College Women Lacking Resources: Insights on Stressors from the Qualitative Literature Carrie Hurst and Lisa Baranik ................................127 Chapter 9: Are We There Yet? Women’s Status and Economic Empowerment