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.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …
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It is well established that class and gender predict occupational placement across advanced industrialized countries. In exploratory analyses the authors document a third dimension to occupational segregation associated with family responsibilities, and consider explanations for cross- national...
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Addresses three hypotheses which may help to explain the differences in the observed labour-force participation rates of women and which can be examined using micro-data from LIS. These include: the importance of income needs, the role of marriage patterns, and the effects of children....
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Radical employment, household structure and stability transformations have created new tensions on the welfare state …, due to decisive factors as well-functioning, full-employment labor markets and stable and fertile families. Since 1970s …
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In this paper we use microdata on employment and earnings from a variety of industrialized countries to investigate the … that there is a good deal of variation across our sample countries in the effects of children on women's employment. We … family gap in pay across countries is not primarily due to differential selection into employment or to differences in wage …
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consequences of part-time employment among women across five industrialized countries - Canada, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom …
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Current debates on the welfare state entail two intertwined questions. First, does a nation have sufficient active labor force participation to maintain the benefits for non-participants? Second, do social provisions exacerbate or attenuate class, ethnic and other distinctions within society? As...
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Study, I show how tax and transfer systems and employment supports in nine Western nations affect the poverty rates of … extent in France, the Netherlands and U.K., the tax and transfer system, employment supports, or a combination of the two …
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This project explored how the sociopolitical context maps current class-gender intersections in relative employment … employment equality becomes a moving target. …
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inequality in wages and employment. This study examines family gaps in the economic well-being of households, and analyzes the …
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