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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816209403321

Titolo

Work changes (and) gender [[electronic resource] /] / guest editor Xavier Ramos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50907-4

9786610509072

1-84544-332-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

International journal of manpower: an interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management and labour economics ; ; v.26, no. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

RamosXavier

Disciplina

306.3/615

Soggetti

Personnel management

Sexual division of labor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Introduction: work changes (and) gender; Wage differentials in the 1990's in Israel: endowments, discrimination, and selectivity; Comparing segregation by gender in the labor force across ten European countries in the 1990's; Domestic work time and gender differentials in Great Britain 1992-1998; The changing structure of male self-employment in Switzerland; About the authors

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book examines the role and impact of recent changes in the labour market for gender issues. It brings together four of the papers that resulted from the European research project "Work Changes Gender" carried out in the last 3 years. The papers are situated at the crossroads where two strands of research and policymaking meet: recent changes in the labour market and the differences in labour market performance of the genders. The contributions cover a large variety of European countries, and an interesting range of relevant topics such as wage differentials, segregation or domestic