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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450993703321

Autore

Rubery Jill.

Titolo

Women's employment in Europe : trends and prospects / / Jill Rubery, Mark Smith and Colette Fagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

0-429-23092-3

0-415-19854-2

1-134-63991-0

0-203-40225-1

1-280-05025-X

9786610050253

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithMark <1971 January 26->

FaganColette

Disciplina

331.4/094

Soggetti

Women - Employment - European Union countries

Labor market - European Union countries

Manpower policy - European Union countries

Employment forecasting - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Introduction; Political and economic change; Organisational and employment change; Changes in women's labour supply and household composition; Introduction; Wage work, care work and welfare; Occupational segregation; Wage determination and sex segregation in employment; Gender and working-time; Introduction; Gender and future labour market trends; Prospects for equality; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on extensive original research, this volume examines contemporary patterns of womens employment in Europe in the context of the profound economic, social and cultural changes that



have taken place in recent years. It considers the progress made towards equal treatment in the labour market in the light of European Union action programmes, and examines the prospects for womens employment under the fourth action programme. The authors conclude that progress towards equal treatment will only occur when gender issues are fully integrated into the European Commissions employment and labour mar