Editorial Farewell

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With the close of this 2017 volume I will be stepping down as Managing Editor of the International Labour Review. After 11 years in that capacity and over 25 years on the editorial team, it is not easy to let go. But thanks to you, our readers and contributors, the success of the journal's 2007 "relaunch" has given me more than enough of a reward to remember when I look back. On behalf of the entire editorial team, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to you for your interest and support -and to our publisher for helping us to reach out to you.Managing the relaunch from 2006 and the intervening years has been a huge challenge but also a huge privilege, for which I am deeply indebted to many colleagues and friends who have tirelessly supported the journal over the years. In particular, I would like to take this final opportunity to extend my heartfelt thanks to the members of our wonderful Editorial Board, and to our editorial advisers and the other dedicated reviewers who helped us to assess submissions and decide what to publish. My very special thanks are also due to Kate Pfeiffenberger and my other colleagues -past and present -on the ILO team.Mark Lansky EDITORIAL FAREWELL

Do job aspirations cause job choice? Insights from women entering male‐dominated occupational training in India

“…The data itself is not entirely adequate (Hirway & Jose, 2011), nor does it help in understanding women's subjective decision‐making: why women enter a job, how their aspirations are formed, or what the underlying mechanisms are. Given the paucity of qualitative studies, some studies have tried to infer women's subjective decision‐making from quantitative data (Lansky et al., 2017). This study, by using qualitative methods, informs questions of the “why” and “how” of women's work outcomes, moving beyond the “what” that quantitative studies have offered.…”