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Women's employment in Europe : trends and prospects / Jill Rubery, Mark Smith and Colette Fagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubery, Jill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Employment--European Union countries.
- Women.
- Labor market--European Union countries.
- Labor market.
- Manpower policy--European Union countries.
- Manpower policy.
- Employment forecasting--European Union countries.
- Employment forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-339) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-63990-2
- 0-429-23092-3
- 0-415-19854-2
- 1-134-63991-0
- 0-203-40225-1
- 1-280-05025-X
- 9786610050253
- 9780429230929
- OCLC:
- 437081724
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