Feature: The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women's Satisfaction.
While the gender pay gap has been narrowing for women in full-time jobs the pay penalty for the 40% of women who work part-time has risen, reflecting the growing polarisation of part-time jobs in low-wage occupations. A further dimension is that women often experience downgrading from higher-skill f...
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| description | While the gender pay gap has been narrowing for women in full-time jobs the pay penalty for the 40% of women who work part-time has risen, reflecting the growing polarisation of part-time jobs in low-wage occupations. A further dimension is that women often experience downgrading from higher-skill full-time into lower-skill part-time occupations. As women reorganise their working lives around the presence of children their reported hours and job satisfaction are highest in part-time work, but life-satisfaction is scarcely affected by hours of work. This feature explores these issues and their challenge for economic efficiency as well as gender equity. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e04d7807-2a2a-494d-9faf-6b283311465f2022-03-27T09:46:09ZFeature: The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women's Satisfaction.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e04d7807-2a2a-494d-9faf-6b283311465fEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrints2008Gregory, MConnolly, SWhile the gender pay gap has been narrowing for women in full-time jobs the pay penalty for the 40% of women who work part-time has risen, reflecting the growing polarisation of part-time jobs in low-wage occupations. A further dimension is that women often experience downgrading from higher-skill full-time into lower-skill part-time occupations. As women reorganise their working lives around the presence of children their reported hours and job satisfaction are highest in part-time work, but life-satisfaction is scarcely affected by hours of work. This feature explores these issues and their challenge for economic efficiency as well as gender equity. |
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