Using data from the UK Skills Surveys, we show that the part-time pay penalty for female workers within low- and medium-skilled occupations decreased significantly over the period 1997-2006. The convergence in computer use between part-time and full-time workers within these occupations explains...

List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Professional women migrants becoming care assistants -- A homework methodology for researching migrant women's lives -- A place of settlement and upheaval : carers cruising Cumbria -- An upgraded care industry depends upon skilled migrant workers -- The...