Policy for a change : local labour market analysis and gender equality /
Why is it so hard to turn girls' success at school into success in the labour market? How does detailed evidence about womens engagement with local labour markets affect the 'preference theory' debate? Why is part-time employment such a popular but economically damaging choice for wo...
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR :
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2009
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Sue Yeandle
- Pt. 1. Making connections: concepts and debates
- 2. Local labour markets in public policy context / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant
- 3. Women's labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant
- Pt. 2. Gender equality and local labour markets
- 4. Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis / Lisa Buckner
- 5. Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women / Sue Yeandte and Lisa Buckner
- 6. Accessing the labour market / Karen Escott
- 7. Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality / Linda Grant
- 8. Tough at the top: women's career progression
- an example in the local government sector / Cinnamon Bennett and Ning Tang
- 9. Conduision: policy for a change / Sue Yeandle
- App. A. GELLM research programme research methods
- App. B. Employment and economic activity indicators for the GELLM localities and England
- App. C. GELLM area profiles
- 1 Introduction / Sue Yeandle
- Pt. 1. Making connections: concepts and debates
- 2. Local labour markets in public policy context / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant
- 3. Women's labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant
- Pt. 2. Gender equality and local labour markets
- 4. Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis / Lisa Buckner
- 5. Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women / Sue Yeandte and Lisa Buckner
- 6. Accessing the labour market / Karen Escott
- 7. Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality / Linda Grant
- 8. Tough at the top: women's career progression - an example in the local government sector / Cinnamon Bennett and Ning Tang
- 9. Conduision: policy for a change / Sue Yeandle
- App. A. GELLM research programme research methods
- App. B. Employment and economic activity indicators for the GELLM localities and England
- App. C. GELLM area profiles.
- one Introduction / Sue Yeandle 1
- Part 1 1 Making connections: concepts and debates
- two Local labour markets in public policy context / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott, Linda Grant 13
- three Womens labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems / Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott, Linda Grant 35
- Part 2 Gender equality and local labour markets
- four Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local-level analysis / Lisa Buckner 59
- five Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women / Sue Yeandle, Lisa Buckner 77
- six Accessing the labour market / Karen Escott 97
- seven Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality / Linda Grant 117
- eight Tough at the top: womens career progression - an example in the local government sector / Cinnamon Bennett, Ning Tang 137
- nine Concluision: policy for a change / Sue Yeandle 157