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Of Part I
Author : Helinä Melkas
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789221108511
Of Part I
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2018-05-14
Category :
ISBN : 926430004X
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have led the way for modern family and gender policy. This report shows that improvements in gender equality have contributed considerably to their economic growth.
Author : International Labour Office
Publisher :
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Pay equity
ISBN : 9789221307952
Since the ILO's founding in 1919, gender equality and non-discrimination have been pillars of its mission to promote social justice through the world of work. As the Organization approaches its second century, it has chosen to focus on women at work as one of its centenary initiatives. Women at Work: Trends 2016 is a key contribution to these efforts and seeks to further the central goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The report provides a picture of where women stand today in the world of work and how they have progressed over the past 20 years. It examines the global and regional labour market trend and gaps, including in labour force participation rates, employment-to-population rates and unemployment rates, as well as differences in the type and status in employment, hours spent in paid and unpaid work, sectoral segregation and gender gaps in wages and social protection. It also presents an in-depth analysis of the gender gaps in the quality of work and explores the key policy drivers for gender transformative change. The discussions and related recommendations focus on three main dimensions: sectoral and occupational segregation, the gender wage gap, and gaps in the policy framework for work and family integration.
Author : Raquel Fernández
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1513571168
This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress, gender gaps remain across all stages of life, including before birth, and negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes for women. The roadmap to gender equality has to rely on legal framework reforms, policies to promote equal access, and efforts to tackle entrenched social norms. These need to be set in the context of arising new trends such as digitalization, climate change, as well as shocks such as pandemics.
Author : Richard Anker
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789221095248
Sex in the world
Author : Richard Anker
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Sex discrimination in employment
ISBN : 9789221151388
Author : Nima Sanandaji
Publisher :
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Equality
ISBN : 9789177030126
Author : Jane Jenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000160386
This was first published in 2000: This work is founded on the premise that many analyses of economic restructuring and of gender relations fail to recognize two things. First, the situation facing women is different from that of the 1960s when the conceptual apparatuses for analyzing "women and work" were created. Labour markets are dominated by flexible, non-standard work, precarious contractual relations and income disparities. Therefore, it is difficult to structure political claims or analysis around the notion that there is a single labour market, that the primary problem is discrimination or inappropriate training, and that political strategies should focus on discrimination and non-traditional employment. Rather, new challenges require new solutions. The second point of departure is that is is impossible to understand either contemporary labour markets, or the roots of employment and other public policies without locating them vis a vis patterns of gender inequalities generated by and in these labour markets. The labour force has been feminized to such an extent that new, and often unequal gender relations are crucial to their very functioning.
Author : Francesca Bettio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415664330
The book presents state of the art research on women's current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis, with overall assessment of the actual impact of the European Employment Strategy and the specific impact of key policies, such as taxation and flexicurity. .
Author : Susan L. Averett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 28,6 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0190878266
The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are acquiring more education, marrying later, having fewer children, and spending a far greater amount of their adult lives in the labor force. Yet, because women remain the primary caregivers of children, issues such as work-life balance and the glass ceiling have given rise to critical policy discussions in the developed world. In developing countries, many women lack access to reproductive technology and are often relegated to jobs in the informal sector, where pay is variable and job security is weak. Considerable occupational segregation and stubborn gender pay gaps persist around the world. The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly essays to address these issues using the powerful framework of economics. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert or team of experts, reviews the key trends, surveys the relevant economic theory, and summarizes and critiques the empirical research literature. By providing a clear-eyed view of what we know, what we do not know, and what the critical unanswered questions are, this Handbook provides an invaluable and wide-ranging examination of the many changes that have occurred in women's economic lives.