Part-time work and gender: worker versus job explanations
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| author | Randi Kjeldstad Erik H. Nymoen |
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| contents | Part-time work and gender: worker versus job explanations Randi Kjeldstad Erik H. Nymoen This article draws on Norwegian Labour Force Survey data to investigate the worker and job characteristics of different types of part-time employment and their patterns of gendering. The most prevalent and female-dominated type is voluntary long parttime work, reflecting employer adjustment to women’s working-time preferences. Voluntary short part-time work is significantly less gendered, typically representing marginal labour force affiliation, combined with education or gradual retirement, which employers use for flexibility in low-skilled service and care industries. Involuntary part-time employment is strongly associated with secondary labour market characteristics (temporary contracts, “non-Western” citizenship) and affects women to a greater extent than men. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00136.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00136.x publication.journalArticle |
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| institution | Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | International Labour Organization |
| spellingShingle | Part-time work and gender: worker versus job explanations Randi Kjeldstad Erik H. Nymoen Part-time work and gender: worker versus job explanations Randi Kjeldstad Erik H. Nymoen This article draws on Norwegian Labour Force Survey data to investigate the worker and job characteristics of different types of part-time employment and their patterns of gendering. The most prevalent and female-dominated type is voluntary long parttime work, reflecting employer adjustment to women’s working-time preferences. Voluntary short part-time work is significantly less gendered, typically representing marginal labour force affiliation, combined with education or gradual retirement, which employers use for flexibility in low-skilled service and care industries. Involuntary part-time employment is strongly associated with secondary labour market characteristics (temporary contracts, “non-Western” citizenship) and affects women to a greater extent than men. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00136.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00136.x publication.journalArticle |
| title | Part-time work and gender: worker versus job explanations |
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