Between equalization and marginalization : women working part-time in Europe and the United States of America

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Tables = xi
• List of Figures = xv
• List of Abbreviations = xvii
• Notes on Contributors = xviii
• 1. Introduction: A Comparative Perspective on Part-Time Work / HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD ; CATHERINE HAKIM = 1
• Introduction = 1
• Part-Time Work = 4
• Data and Analysis = 6
• A Theoretical Perspective on the Cross-National Comparisons = 7
• Plan of the Book =17
• 2. A Sociological Perspective on Part-Time Work / CATHERINE HAKIM = 22
• Three Types of Part-Time Job = 23
• The Rise in Part-Time Employment = 32
• The Sex-Role Preferences and Work Orientations of Part-Time Workers = 35
• The Feminist Perspective: Problems of Childcare = 44
• The Trade-Union Perspective: Part-Time Work as a Threat to Standard Jobs = 47
• Labour Mobility and Labour Turnover = 52
• Conclusions = 58
• 3. Part-Time Work in Central and Eastern European Countries / SONJA DROBNI$$\breve C$$ = 71
• Introduction = 71
• Employment Characteristics of Planned Economies = 72
• Labour-Market Rigidities = 73
• Part-Time Work = 75
• Changes in Employment Regulations = 77
• Part-Time Work in the Transition Period = 78
• Conclusions = 85
• 4. Full-Time and Part-Time Employment of Women in Greece: Trends and Relationships with Life-Cycle Events / HARIS SYMEONIDOU = 90
• Introduction = 90
• Post-War Trends in Women's Economic Activity Rates = 90
• Trends in Women's Part-Time Employment = 97
• Life-Cycle Events and Female Employment = 100
• Legislation Concerning the Working Mother = 103
• Evaluation of Women's Part-Time Employment = 108
• Summary and Conclusions = 109
• 5. Part-Time Work in Italy / TINDARA ADDABBO = 113
• Introduction = 113
• Female Labour-Market Participation in Recent Decades = 113
• Findings From Econometric Models Using Microdata = 118
• The Expansion of Part-Time Work = 119
• The Demand for Part-Time Workers = 128
• Conclusions = 129
• 6. The Family Cycle and the Growth of Part-Time Female Employment in France: Boon or Doom? / LAURENCE COUTROT ; IR$$\grave E$$NE FOURNIER ; ANNICK KIEFFER ; EVA LELI$$\grave E$$VRE = 133
• The Historical Record: From Family Worker to Part-Time Female Employee = 134
• A Family Policy Aimed at Encouraging Women's Employment = 138
• The Sharp Rise in Female Part-Time Employment in the Last Twenty Years = 139
• Legal Issues in Part-Time Employment = 142
• Characteristics of Part-Time Occupations = 143
• Conclusions = 159
• 7. Part-Time Work in West Germany / HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD ; G$$\ddot O$$TZ ROHWER = 164
• Introduction = 164
• Long-Term Trends in West German Women's Economic Activity Rate = 165
• Long-Term Trends in West German Women's Part-Time Employment = 166
• Women's Labour-Force Participation and the Family Cycle as Dynamic Processes = 172
• Age, Cohort, and Period Effects = 177
• Conclusions = 186
• 8. Female Labour-Market Participation in the Netherlands: Developments in the Relationship between Family Cycle and Employment / PAUL DE GRAAF ; HEDWIG VERMEULEN = 191
• The Rise of Part-Time Work = 191
• Historical Changes in Labour-Market Participation from a Life-Course Perspective = 197
• Cohort Analysis of Full-Time and Part-Time Work = 200
• Event History Analysis: Labour-Market Transitions = 202
• Conclusions = 207
• 9. Part-Time Work among British Women / BRENDAN J. BURCHELL ; ANGELA DALE ; HEATHER JOSHI = 210
• Introduction = 210
• Historical Context = 210
• The Occupational Distribution of Part-Time Jobs = 213
• Women Working Part-Time: Reasons and Consequences = 216
• Part-Time Work and Domestic Responsibilities = 220
• Transitions into and out of Part-Time Jobs = 225
• Summary of Job Transition Results = 239
• Conclusions = 243
• 10. Women's Employment and Part-Time Work in Denmark / SøREN LETH-SøRENSEN ; G$$\ddot O$$TZ ROHWER = 247
• Introduction = 247
• Women in the Labour Market = 248
• Labour-Market Participation = 250
• Explanatory Factors = 254
• Modelling Labour-Market Transitions = 260
• Looking at Selected Transition Probabilities = 264
• Conclusions = 266
• 11. Managing Work and Children: Part-Time Work and the Family Cycle of Swedish Women / MARIANNE SUNDSTR$$\ddot O$$M = 272
• Introduction = 272
• Characteristics of Part-Time Work in Sweden = 274
• Trends in Part-Time Work among Swedish Women 1970-1993 = 274
• Part-Time Work and the Family Cycle = 276
• Part-Time Work around Childbirth = 277
• Part-Tin-ie Work while Children are Growing up = 281
• Part-Time Work, Cohort, Family, and the Role of Education = 282
• Conclusions = 284
• Appendix: Work Patterns among Subgroups of Women = 286
• 12. Part-Time Work in the United States of America / SONJA DR0BNI$$\breve C$$ ; IMMO WITTIG = 289
• Introduction = 289
• Women's Paid Employment = 290
• Part-Time Employment = 292
• Characteristics of Part-Time Jobs = 297
• Data and Methods = 298
• Family-Cycle Variables = 300
• Findings = 301
• Effects of Education and Family Cycle = 305
• Discussion = 308
• Conclusions = 309
• 13. Women's Part-Time Employment and the Family Cycle: A Cross-National Comparison / HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD = 315
• Introduction = 315
• Hypotheses = 315
• Syntheses of Results = 317
• Conclusions = 323
• Name Index = 325
• Subject Index = 330