an article by Rodrigo Rosa and Catarina Lorga (University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal) and Clare Lyonette (Institute for Employment Research (IER), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
Abstract
This article examines work-family reconciliation processes in order to understand if, over the course of marital life, women become socially closer or further away from their partner. Drawing on work-life interviews with highly qualified women in Portugal and Britain, we compare these processes in two societies with different historical and social backgrounds.
Findings reveal three main configurations of social (in)equality which emerge during married life: growing inequality in favour of the man, in favour of the woman or equality between spouses. With due attention to the importance of national specific factors, we present three main conclusions.
First, (in) equality is built up over the course of marital life and female strategies for reconciling family and work are at the core of this process.
Second, the national specificities can mould the effects of cross-national gender mechanisms.
Third, the intersection between cross-cultural phenomena such as conservative attitudes towards domestic work and national specificities (such as the availability of part-time options) is a rather complex process which needs further research.
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Self-employment, work-family time and the gender division of labour
an article by Lyn Craig, Abigail Powell and Natasha Cortis (University of New South Wales, Australia) published in Work Employment & Society Volume 26 Number 5 (October 2012)
Abstract
Does being self-employed, as opposed to being an employee, make a difference to how parents with young children can balance work and family demands?
Does self-employment facilitate more equal gender divisions of labour?
This article uses the Australian Time Use Survey to identify associations between self-employment and mothers’ and fathers’ time in paid work, domestic labour and childcare and when during the day they perform these activities.
The time self-employed mothers devote to each activity differs substantially from that of employee mothers, while fathers’ time is relatively constant across employment types. Working from home is highly correlated with self-employment for mothers, implying the opportunity to be home-based is a pull factor in mothers becoming self-employed.
Results suggest mothers use self-employment to combine earning and childcare whereas fathers prioritize paid work regardless of employment type.
Self-employment is not associated with gender redistribution of paid and unpaid work, although it facilitates some rescheduling.
Abstract
Does being self-employed, as opposed to being an employee, make a difference to how parents with young children can balance work and family demands?
Does self-employment facilitate more equal gender divisions of labour?
This article uses the Australian Time Use Survey to identify associations between self-employment and mothers’ and fathers’ time in paid work, domestic labour and childcare and when during the day they perform these activities.
The time self-employed mothers devote to each activity differs substantially from that of employee mothers, while fathers’ time is relatively constant across employment types. Working from home is highly correlated with self-employment for mothers, implying the opportunity to be home-based is a pull factor in mothers becoming self-employed.
Results suggest mothers use self-employment to combine earning and childcare whereas fathers prioritize paid work regardless of employment type.
Self-employment is not associated with gender redistribution of paid and unpaid work, although it facilitates some rescheduling.
Monday, 14 May 2012
Job Polarization in Europe? Changes in the Employment Structure and Job Quality, 1995-2007
an article by Enrique Fernández-Macías (University of Salamanca, Spain) published in Work and Occupations Volumer 39 Number 2 (May 2012)
Abstract
In recent years, a number of academic papers have argued that, over the last couple of decades, technical change has had a polarizing impact on the employment structure of advanced capitalist economies with a relative expansion of jobs occupying the top and bottom of the wage/skills hierarchy and the middle shrinking.
In this article, we present alternative evidence on the nature of change in European employment structures between 1995 and 2007, arguing that rather than a pervasive process of polarization there was a plurality of patterns of structural employment change across Europe.
The broader theoretical implications of such findings are discussed.
Abstract
In recent years, a number of academic papers have argued that, over the last couple of decades, technical change has had a polarizing impact on the employment structure of advanced capitalist economies with a relative expansion of jobs occupying the top and bottom of the wage/skills hierarchy and the middle shrinking.
In this article, we present alternative evidence on the nature of change in European employment structures between 1995 and 2007, arguing that rather than a pervasive process of polarization there was a plurality of patterns of structural employment change across Europe.
The broader theoretical implications of such findings are discussed.
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