370 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date study of the contribution of women and men to changing European economic activity patterns covering all fifteen member states. Based on the work of the European Commission's network of experts on women's employment, it draws on both national and European data sources. The book links trends in the structures of employment with new comparative data on... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The female contribution to the European employment rate 3. Women's employment rates and structural and regional change 4. Unemployment, gender and labour market organisation 5. State policies and women's employment and unemployment rates 6. Household organisation, state policy and women's employment rates 7. The new member state 8. Conclusions; Notes; References; Appendices

Biography

Colette Fagan, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery, Mark Smith