an article by Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli, Raffaele Guetto and Stefani Scherer (University of Trento, Italy) published in International Journal of Comparative Sociology Volume 60 Issue 4 (August 2019)
Abstract
Part-time employment has repeatedly been proposed as a solution for integrating women into the labor market; however, empirical evidence supporting a causal link is mixed. In this text, we investigate the extent to which increasing part-time employment is a valid means of augmenting women’s labor market participation.
We pay particular attention to the institutional context and the related characteristics of part-time employment in European countries to test the conditions under which this solution is a viable option.
The results reveal that part-time employment may strengthen female employment in Continental Europe and especially in Southern Europe, where an increase in part-time employment—even if it is demand-side driven—leads to greater employment participation among women.
We also discuss some policy implications and trade-offs: Although part-time work can lead to higher numbers of employed women, it does so at the cost of increasing gendered labor market segregation.
We analyze data from the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS) 1992–2011 for 19 countries and 188 regions and exploit regional variation over time while controlling for time-constant regional characteristics, time-varying regional labor market features, and (time-varying) confounding factors at the national level.
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Friday, 18 October 2019
Friday, 6 September 2019
Student budgets and widening participation: Comparative experiences of finance in low and higher income undergraduates at a northern red brick university
an article by Rita Hordósy and Tom Clark (University of Sheffield, UK) published in Social Policy & Administration Volume 53 Issue 5 (September 2019)
Abstract
Drawing on a thematic analysis of longitudinal qualitative data (ntotal = 118), this article takes a “whole student lifecycle” approach to examine how lower and higher income students at an English northern red brick university variously attempted to manage their individual budgets. It explores how students reconcile their income — in the form of loans, grants, and bursaries — with the cost of living.
Four arenas of interest are described:
It also supports an emerging body of literature that suggests that the continuing amendments to the system of funding higher education in England are unlikely to address inequality of access, participation, and outcome.
Abstract
Drawing on a thematic analysis of longitudinal qualitative data (ntotal = 118), this article takes a “whole student lifecycle” approach to examine how lower and higher income students at an English northern red brick university variously attempted to manage their individual budgets. It explores how students reconcile their income — in the form of loans, grants, and bursaries — with the cost of living.
Four arenas of interest are described:
- planning, budgeting, and managing “the student loan”;
- disruptions to financial planning;
- the role of familial support; and
- strategies of augmenting the budget.
It also supports an emerging body of literature that suggests that the continuing amendments to the system of funding higher education in England are unlikely to address inequality of access, participation, and outcome.
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The ‘Great Recession’ and low pay in Europe
an article by Carlos Vacas-Soriano (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), Ireland) published in European Journal of Industrial Relations Volume 24 Issue 3 (September 2018)
Abstract
This article contributes to the literature on low-paid work by analysing the shares of low-paid employment in the period 2006–2014 and the underlying causes.
I use an inflation-adjusted low-pay threshold anchored at 60 percent of median wages to assess the impact of the Great Recession, which increased the share of low-paid employees in two-thirds of European countries and in the EU as a whole. This was driven by a general decline in real wages, which was particularly intense in European periphery countries and at the bottom of the wage distribution as well as among employees with shorter tenure.
However, compositional effects either prevented a larger expansion of low-pay shares by masking the real extent of the wage correction or were generally negligible in driving low-pay shares. Moreover, growing part-time employment emerges as a significant source of low-paid work from the onset of the crisis.
This article contributes to the literature on low-paid work by analysing the shares of low-paid employment in the period 2006–2014 and the underlying causes.
I use an inflation-adjusted low-pay threshold anchored at 60 percent of median wages to assess the impact of the Great Recession, which increased the share of low-paid employees in two-thirds of European countries and in the EU as a whole. This was driven by a general decline in real wages, which was particularly intense in European periphery countries and at the bottom of the wage distribution as well as among employees with shorter tenure.
However, compositional effects either prevented a larger expansion of low-pay shares by masking the real extent of the wage correction or were generally negligible in driving low-pay shares. Moreover, growing part-time employment emerges as a significant source of low-paid work from the onset of the crisis.
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Work preferences after 50
a report from Eurofound
People aged 50+ have a wealth of experience and contribute to society in numerous ways, including paid work, informal care and volunteering. However, particularly in the Member States that have joined the EU since 2004, the situation of people aged 50+ can be a vulnerable one – especially in terms of access to healthcare, housing quality and material deprivation.
Part-time work facilitates a better work–life balance – particularly, it seems, for people aged 50+. Among people aged 50+, both in and out of employment, there is a preference for more part-time options.
Unemployed people of all ages want to work. However, unemployed people aged 50+ who can make ends meet would prefer a considerably shorter working week than those who have difficulties making ends meet – this difference is not found in younger age groups. About half of all retirees who are not in employment say they would like to work, often part-time. Proportions are higher for younger, highly educated and healthy retirees with work experience.
The desire to work among people aged 50+, both those in and out of employment, does not seem to be opposed by partners of people aged 50+.
Download PDF (24 pages) here
People aged 50+ have a wealth of experience and contribute to society in numerous ways, including paid work, informal care and volunteering. However, particularly in the Member States that have joined the EU since 2004, the situation of people aged 50+ can be a vulnerable one – especially in terms of access to healthcare, housing quality and material deprivation.
Part-time work facilitates a better work–life balance – particularly, it seems, for people aged 50+. Among people aged 50+, both in and out of employment, there is a preference for more part-time options.
Unemployed people of all ages want to work. However, unemployed people aged 50+ who can make ends meet would prefer a considerably shorter working week than those who have difficulties making ends meet – this difference is not found in younger age groups. About half of all retirees who are not in employment say they would like to work, often part-time. Proportions are higher for younger, highly educated and healthy retirees with work experience.
The desire to work among people aged 50+, both those in and out of employment, does not seem to be opposed by partners of people aged 50+.
Download PDF (24 pages) here
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