CAMPBELL J., SCOTT G. and THOMSON E. (2003) Childcare: an investigation of labour market issues, Reg. Studies 37, 957-967. Over recent years the UK government and the Scottish Executive have demonstrated a commitment to the development of childcare services through the use of both supply and...

In recent years local economic development and regeneration agencies have begun to examine how locally based childcare can contribute to economic and social regeneration. This paper is based on current research by the authors and reports on the expectation s and current realities of community...

This study argues that a feminist economics perspective is essential in order to fully understand the gender consequences of the recent recession and the ongoing economic crisis in the United Kingdom. Unemployment and redundancy rates have been used to highlight the fact that male workers...

Despite the fact that some sectors of industry are facing major skills shortages, the Scottish labour market continues to be characterised by occupational segregation and a large disparity between the wages of women and men. The concentration of individuals in occupations and training based on...

<title>Abstract</title> This article outlines the traditional gendered nature of further and higher education and how this has been challenged by long term developments. The focus on managerialism and competition provides a context for a re-invigorated ‘agentic’ (associated with masculinity) gendering....

1. Introduction to the themes of the book / Jim Campbell and Morag Gillespie -- 2. Appreciation : talking to Ailsa / Marilyn Waring -- 3. Gender budgeting and macroeconomic policy / Diane Elson -- 4. Challenging the norms : gender budgeting as feminist policy change / Angela O'Hagan -- 5. Gender...

This book, produced jointly by the World Bank, the University of California, Berkeley, and the WHO, aims to provide decision-makers at sub-national, national, regional and global levels with additional insights into how to address their workforce challenges rather than describe them. In order to...

The introduction of the Gender Equality Duty (GED) on 6 April 2007 represented the most significant change to sex equality legislation since the equal pay and anti-discrimination Acts of the 1970s. The GED is a form of legally enforceable gender mainstreaming that requires public authorities to...