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Recent rapid economic growth in Ireland has been accompanied by a strong surge in the number of women in employment …
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Women's rising labor force participation since the 1960's was long seen as heralding decreasing gender inequalities … positions and high wages. This paper re-examines theoretical and empirical bases in analysis of family policy effects on gender … facilitate work-family reconciliation and combine women's increased labor force participation with relatively high fertility …
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it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant …
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This paper analyses the impact of a set of gender-role attitudes on the labour market situation of women with and …
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, reflecting a rise in the family-career complementarity. For women, the family-career trade-off has eased for non … developments for men and women, we find that within-family specialization, measured by the average spousal earnings contribution …Earnings in mid-career and children are two fundamental outcomes of the life-choices of men and women. Both require …
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In Deutschland liegen die von abhängig Beschäftigten gewünschten Wochenarbeitszeiten im Durchschnitt zwischen knapp 30 Stunden (Frauen) und 40 Stunden (Männer). Sehr lange Wochenarbeitszeiten sind weder für eine Mehrheit von Frauen noch für Männer attraktiv; diesen Befund findet man auch...
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oder verringert werden – im Sinne eines 'doing couple', 'doing gender' und 'doing (in)equality'. Zudem spiegeln sich in und …Couples are a central locus within which gender inequalities are (re)produced or diminished – in terms of ‘doing couple …’, ‘doing gender’ and ‘doing (in)equality’. Furthermore, (social) class and milieu differences are reflected both within and …
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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …, particularly those relating to the considerable amount of intermittent employment found amongst Israeli male workers. Also, women …?s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …
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sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …
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