Preliminary study of women rubber estate workers in peninsular Malaysia

Heyzer Fan.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on the rural employment of woman workers as rubber plantation workers in peninsular Malaysia - discusses the use of rural women, family and child labour to reduce labour costs, related impacts on sexual division of labour, wage structure and poverty, educational level of children, etc., Covering both contempoorary period and under colonialism. Bibliography pp. 43 to 45 and graphs.

Keywords: rural employment; women workers; rubber; plantation worker; rural women; family.; child labour; labour cost; sexual division of labour; wage structure; poverty; educational level; children; colonialism; emploi rural; travailleuses; caoutchouc; travailleur des plantations; femmes rurales; famille; travail des enfants; coût de la main-d'oeuvre; division du travail basée sur le sexe; structure du salaire; pauvreté; niveau d'enseignement; enfants; colonialisme; empleo rural; trabajadoras; caucho; trabajador de las plantaciones; mujeres rurales; familia; trabajo infantil; costo de la mano de obra; división del trabajo por sexo; estructura de los salarios; pobreza; nivel educativo; niños; colonialismo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 P. pages
Date: 1981
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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