Gender and the European Labour Market (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bettio, Francesca; Smith, Mark; Plantenga, Janneke

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book presents state of the art research on women's current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis, with overall assessment of the actual impact of the European Employment Strategy and the specific impact of key policies, such as taxation and flexicurity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136733017
• Artikelnr.: 38270898

Autorenporträt

Francesca Bettio is Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy. Janneke Plantenga is Professor of Economics at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Mark Smith is Associate Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management, France.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A New Vision of Gender Equality in Europe? Francesca Bettio, Janneke
Plantenga and Mark Smith PART I: The Economics of Gender Equality 2. Do We
Have a Case for Gender Equality? Mark Smith, A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi and
Francesca Bettio 3. Measuring Gender Equality Within the European Union
Janneke Plantenga and Chantal Remery PART ii: Care and Work in Europe
Today? 4. Unpaid Family Work in Europe: Gender and Country Differences
Francesca Francavilla, Gianna C. Giannelli, Lucia Mangiavacchi and Luca
Piccoli 5. Flexible Working Arrangements and Gender Equality: Categorising
the European Member States Janneke Plantenga and Chantal Remery 6.
Reconciliation of Work and Private Live Janneke Plantenga and Chantal
Remery 7. Affordability of Care and Quality of Work. New Trends in Elderly
Care Annamaria Simonazzi and Sara Picchi PART III: Policy, Promoting Change
or Croding Equality? 8. The Role of the EES in the Promotion of Gender
Equality in the Labour Market: a Critical Appraisal Paola Villa 9. Current
Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe. Are They Fair to Working Women? Francesca
Bettio and Alina Veroshchagina 10. Men and Gender Equality: Tachling Gender
Segregation in Family Roles and in Social Care Jobs Colette Fagan and Helen
Norman 11. Recession and Recovery: Making Gender Equality Part of the
Solution Mark Smith and Paola Villa