ABSTRACT
The book presents state of the art research on women’s current position in European labour markets. It combines analysis of the latest trends in employment, occupational segregation, working time, unpaid work, social provisions (especially care provisions) and the impact of the financial crisis, with overall assessment of the actual impact of the European Employment Strategy and the specific impact of key policies, such as taxation and flexicurity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I The economics of gender equality
part |2 pages
PART II Care and work in Europe today
part |2 pages
PART III Policy: promoting change or eroding equality?