CHANGING THE AGRICULTURAL LABOR MARKET Segmentation of the production system and gender inequality in rural Ukraine

This study of postcommunist rural areas in Ukraine analyzes labor relations in agriculture and sheds light on the division of labor between men and women in local job markets. Large-scale, mechanized farms hire skilled workers, mostly men, whereas small farms need seasonal, manual labor and recruit mostly women. This structure of the job market is explained by reforms for privatizing the land and the operation of the local administrations in charge of labor relations.