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Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Childrenin Sweden´s Three Metropolitan Areas

Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper investigates certain issues of economic and ethnic segregation from theperspective of children in the three …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861356

A Gender Perspective on Self-Employment Entry and Performance as Self-Employed

Joona, Pernilla Andersson; Wadensjö, Eskil - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Research on self-employment has increased during recent years and particular attention has been paid to self-employment dynamics and the factors influencing entry and exit rates from self-employment. Using a large panel data set for Sweden, this paper investigates variations in recruitment to...

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Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-time Setbackfor Earnings: A Study of British Women 1975-2001

Connolly, Sara; Gregory, Mary - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are theextensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work featuresmost prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly formore educated women, a...

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Did the dual-earner model become stronger or weaker in Finland and Sweden in the 1990s?

Haataja, Anita (contributor); Nyberg, Anita (contributor) - 2005

This article investigates the dual-earner model in families with children in Finland and Sweden from the end of the … both two-parent families and single mothers. Because family leaves and benefits related to children and childcare are often … available according to the age of the youngest child, we analyse the outcomes by children's age groups. We focus on mothers …