Policy for a change :Local labour market analysis and gender equality

Publication subTitle :Local labour market analysis and gender equality

Author: Yeandle Sue  

Publisher: Policy Press‎

Publication year: 2008

E-ISBN: 9781847423726

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781847420541

Subject: C91 Sociology

Keyword: Gender studies, gender groups

Language: ENG

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Description

Why is it so difficult to turn girls' success at school into success in the labour market? How does detailed evidence about women's engagement with local labour markets affect the 'preference theory' debate? Why is part-time employment such a popular but economically damaging choice for women? What barriers still limit women's horizons and narrow their aspirations? Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, in particular identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. The contributors examine pervasive myths about women in employment which have influenced policy and explore a number of theoretical puzzles and problems which persist despite attempts to tackle them. Policy for a change will be essential reading for professionals, employers and trade unions working in human resources, regeneration, equalities and diversity, anti-poverty, skills and training, as well as for researchers, teachers and students in sociology, social and public policy, labour market economics, urban studies and management.

Chapter

Policy for a change

Contents

List of figures and tables

Preface and acknowledgements

Notes on contributors

About the GELM research programme

Abbreviations and acronyms

1. Introduction

2. Local labour markets in public policy context

3. Women’s labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems

4. Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis

5. Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women

6. Accessing the labour market

7. Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality

8. Tough at the top: women’s career progression – an example in the local government sector

9. Conclusion: policy for a change

Appendix A. GELM research programme research methods

Appendix B. Employment and economic activity indicators for the GELM localities and England

Appendix C. GELM area profiles

References

Index

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