This paper uses theories of labour market segmentation to analyse occupational inequalities based upon gender and life-cycle. It is argued that the labour market forms the arena where negotiation over occupational position takes place but that the bargaining power which men and women bring to...

This paper examines change and diversity in the lives of Pakistani and Bangladeshi women using qualitative interviews based in Oldham and secondary analysis of the Fourth National Ethnic Minority Survey. There was clear evidence of change across generations. Most of the older women had not been...

Increases in temporary working and an associated peripheralisation of the workforce have been the subject of a great deal of recent debate. This paper uses nationally representative data from the Labour Force Survey to (1) highlight the importance of clarifying concepts such as `temporary...