Moving down: women's part-time work and occupational change in Britain 1991-2001
"The UK’s Equal Opportunities Commission has recently drawn attention to the ‘hidden brain drain’ when women working part-time are employed in occupations below those for which they are qualified. These inferences were based on self-reporting. We give an objective and quantitative analysis of t...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2007
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| author | Connolly, Sara Gregory, Mary |
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| description | "The UK’s Equal Opportunities Commission has recently drawn attention to the ‘hidden brain drain’ when women working part-time are employed in occupations below those for which they are qualified. These inferences were based on self-reporting. We give an objective and quantitative analysis of the nature of occupational change as women make the transition between full-time and part-time work. We construct an occupational classification which supports a ranking of occupations based on the average level of qualification of those employed there on a full-time basis. Using the NESPD and the BHPS for the period 1991-2001 we show that perhaps one-quarter of women moving from full- to part-time work move to an occupation at a lower level of qualification. Over 20 percent of professional women downgrade, half of them moving to low-skill jobs; two-thirds of nurses leaving nursing become care assistants; women from managerial positions are particularly badly affected. Women remaining with their current employer are much less vulnerable to downgrading, and the availability of part-time opportunities within the occupation is far more important than the presence of a pre-school child in determining whether a woman moves to a lower-level occupation. These findings indicate a loss of economic efficiency through the underutilisation of the skills of many of the women who work part-time." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | United Kingdom |
| id | 19126904124919441869_490358d3656c40b6a8e75201e183dd05 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19126904124919441869_490358d3656c40b6a8e75201e183dd05 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Moving down: women's part-time work and occupational change in Britain 1991-2001 |
| language | English |
| physical | 42 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2007 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Connolly, Sara Gregory, Mary level of qualification occupational change part time employment statistics women workers Moving down: women's part-time work and occupational change in Britain 1991-2001 |
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| title | Moving down: women's part-time work and occupational change in Britain 1991-2001 |
| topic | level of qualification occupational change part time employment statistics women workers |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19126904124919441869-Moving-down-women-s-part-time-.htm |