Women in and out of paid work : changes across generations in Italy and Britain / / Cristina Solera [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Solera Cristina
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 331.40941
• Soggetto topico: Women - Employment - Great Britain; Women - Employment - Italy; Mothers - Employment - Great Britain; Mothers - Employment - Italy; Women - Great Britain - Social conditions; Women - Italy - Social conditions
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Women in and out of paid work; Contents; List of figures and tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptualising influences onwomen's employment transitions: from various sociological and economic theories towards an integrated approach; 3. The different Italian and British contexts: the link to women's employment patterns; 4. Method, data and hypotheses; 5. Who leaves the labour market and who returns? The changing effect of marriage and children; 6. 'Her' and 'his' education and class: new polarisations in work histories; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This important study investigates changes in women's transitions in and out of paid work, comparing Italy and Great Britain across four subsequent birth cohorts from the time they leave full-time education, up to their 40s.
• Altri titoli varianti: Women in & out of Paid Work
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in and out of paid work
• ISBN: 1-4473-0431-4; 1-282-50167-4; 9786612501678; 1-84742-779-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781052603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II