Gender and the Labour Market: Econometric Evidence of Obstacles to Achieving Gender Equality (Applied Econometrics Association Series)

Gustafsson, Siv S. Ed(s): Meulders, Daniele E.

ISBN 10: 0333804422 / ISBN 13: 9780333804421

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

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This analysis of the remaining obstacles to achieving gender equality begins by presenting aspects of the gender earnings gap, and continues by examining the gender difference in employment patterns, with a look at gender differences in job and worker mobility, tax and poverty. Editor(s): Meulders, Daniele E. Series: Applied Econometrics Association Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534. . 2000. 2000th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender and the Labour Market: Econometric Evidence of Obstacles to Achieving Gender Equality (Applied Econometrics Association Series)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333804422
• ISBN 13: 9780333804421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to analyse the remaining obstacles to achieving gender equality. The first chapters present different aspects of the gender earnings gap. Different countries are studied and special emphasis is laid on particular sectors and occupations. The rest of the book deals with the postponement of first birth by educated women, the non-cooperative behaviour in time use, gender differences in job and worker mobility, transitions between employment status, discriminations contained in tax systems and poverty rate of single parent households.

About the Author

SIV S. GUSTAFSSON is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. She is a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and is the 1999 President of the European Society of Population Economics.

DANIELE MEULDERS is Professor of Economics and head of the research team of Labour Economics in the department of applied economics of the Free University of Brussels. She is a member of the executive committee of the Applied Econometrics Association.