Part-time employment can be a life-time setback for earnings: a study of British women 1975-2001
"Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women,...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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| author | Connolly, Sara Gregory, Mary |
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| description | "Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women, a crucial period for career building. This makes it essential to understand its impact on women’s subsequent earnings trajectories. We find that the wage return to part-time experience is low – negligible in lower skill occupations. Even more important channels contributing to the pay disadvantage of women working part-time are job changing, particularly when this involves occupational downgrading. Downgrading can lead to a permanent pay disadvantage for women following a spell in part-time work." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | United Kingdom |
| id | 19126012124919442949_55e803bf00f548949ede6686c9e2ec76 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19126012124919442949_55e803bf00f548949ede6686c9e2ec76 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Part-time employment can be a life-time setback for earnings: a study of British women 1975-2001 |
| language | English |
| physical | 28 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Connolly, Sara Gregory, Mary history life cycle part time employment statistics wage differential women workers Part-time employment can be a life-time setback for earnings: a study of British women 1975-2001 |
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| title | Part-time employment can be a life-time setback for earnings: a study of British women 1975-2001 |
| topic | history life cycle part time employment statistics wage differential women workers |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19126012124919442949-Part-time-employment-can-be-a-.htm |