India and Taiwan are two economically developing countries in the Asian continent. They share some cultural values, such as high collectivism and a traditional life style. However, the gender representation in the workforce of these two countries is different. In Taiwan, about half of women and two thirds of men are in the workforce. The distribution of gender across industries shows that women are mostly in the service industry and men in industries such as manufacturing, agriculture and farming.

Why the propensity for dependence in small islands?  This study argues in favor of the dependents’ superior levels of performance achieved under affiliation.  To demonstrate the evidence, the socio-economic and demographic profiles are developed of 25 non-sovereign and 30 sovereign small (less than one million population) islands using 25 variables and a two-sample means test.  Results demonstrate the dependents consistently out-perform their sovereign neighbors.  The former are economically more affluent with more dynamic economies diversified towards internationa

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