a comparative review of some recent policy reforms in thirty European countries
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Fagan, Colette > (ed.)
- Creator
- Hebson, Gail > (ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- digitaal
- Thesaurus
- betaalde arbeid, gelijke behandeling, ouderschapsverlof, belastingen, gender mainstreaming, Europa
- Description
- The report, ‘Making work pay’: debates from a gender perspective, is a comparative review of some recent policy reforms in 30 European countries. The aim of the report is to identify the gender impact of tax or social benefit reforms, the effect of maternity and parental leave on employment (re-)integration, and the development of childcare services as an instrument to support parents’ employment.The report concludes that a gender mainstreaming perspective is generally lacking in recent national tax or social benefit reforms. Where a gender perspective has been developed, it usually merely consists of identifying certain target groups in which women predominate. Even where a more detailed gender impact assessment has occurred, the issues exposed may not be dealt with, due to competing political priorities.