Gender, Work and Labour Markets

✍ Scribed by Sue Hatt (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 211
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. The book uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. The extent to which domestic responsibilities affect labour market participation varies considerably between men and women with implications for their promotion prospects and their earnings. This book considers the policy implications of the different economic roles of men and women.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Labour Resources....Pages 1-16
Changing Employment Patterns....Pages 17-34
Housework, Childcare and Employment....Pages 35-50
Work or Leisure?....Pages 51-64
Men’s Jobs, Women’s Jobs....Pages 65-82
Unemployment....Pages 83-98
More Jobs, Less Dole?....Pages 99-115
Wage Rates and the Demand for Labour....Pages 116-132
Equal Pay?....Pages 133-149
Labour Market Policies....Pages 150-167
Women in the European Union....Pages 168-186
Conclusion....Pages 187-193
Back Matter....Pages 194-200

✦ Subjects

Gender Studies; Labor Economics; Politics of the Welfare State; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology