Policy for a change : local labour market analysis and gender equality / edited by Sue Yeandle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yeandle, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Great Britain.

Women.

Sex discrimination in employment--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Women employees--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why is it so hard to turn girls' success at school into success in the labor market? How does detailed evidence about women's engagement with local labor markets affect the 'preference theory' debate? Why is part-time employment such a popular but economically damaging choice for women? What barriers still limit women's horizons and narrow their aspirations? Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century in the UK. Policy for a Change identifies aspects of the women's labor market situation which remain poorly understood.

Contents:

Policy for a change; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface and acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; About the GELM research programme; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. Local labour markets in public policy context; 3. Women's labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems; 4. Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis; 5. Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women; 6. Accessing the labour market.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-210) and index.

ISBN:

9786612121227

9781447302988

1447302982

9781282121225

1282121227

9781847423726

1847423728

OCLC:

416231189