an international comparison
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Blossfeld, Hans-Peter > [ed.]
- Creator
- Hofmeister, Heather > [ed.]
- Contributor
- Stern, Charlotta
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 52 2006
- Thesaurus
- betaalde arbeid, globalisering, loopbanen, verzorgingsstaat, arbeidsmarkt, landen in transitie, OECD, Duitsland, Nederland, Zweden, Denemarken, Hongarije, Estland, Tsjechië, Polen, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Verenigde Staten, Mexico, Italië, Spanje, bundel
- Description
- This book assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century. It represents a longitudinal analysis of micro-level data from these OECD countries focusing exclusively on women’s relationship to the labor market in a globalizing world. The contributors examine women’s employment entries, exits and job mobility and present evidence of women’s increased labor market attachment and reduced employment quality in most of the countries studied. They also consider the life course changes influenced by larger transformations in society and, in doing so, explicitly link the phenomena of globalization to individual women’s lives in Europe and North America.