type="main" xml:id="irel12057-abs-0001" <p>Using the linked employer–employee component from the National Employer Survey, I examine the effect of employees’ participation in high-involvement work practices (HIWP) on their opportunities for promotion within the organization. I find...</p>

A well established finding in the literature is that self-employment enables mothers to accommodate work and family needs better than organizational employment. This paper uses this result to investigate whether in a dual system of job protection women under temporary contracts face greater...