European graduates: cross-country diversity and gender disparity.

Autor/in	Einarsdottir, Torgerdur
Titel	European graduates: cross-country diversity and gender disparity.
Quelle	In: European journal of education, 37 (2002) 4, S. 333-346Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 20; Tabellen 6
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211; 1465-3435
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Fragebogenerhebung; Frau; Einkommen; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufschance; Beschäftigungssystem; Arbeitszeit; Berufsfeld; Studienfach; Akademiker; Akademikerin; Internationaler Vergleich; Europa
Abstract	The article analyses gender differences in employment, work patterns, occupations and income four years after graduation. It is based on a comparative research study "Careers after higher education" which covers 11 countries. It describes the process of building gender disparities. While the educational background of men and women is similar at the entrance of higher education, the process of differentiation sets in with the choice of field of study, according to the familiar pattern of women being the majority in humanities, education and health studies whilst engineering and maths remaining a male preserve. The other aspects highlighted in the article are working time, which is shorter for women than for men, and the choice of sector, women being more numerous in public sector jobs than men. The critical impact of family, i.e. having or not having children, on working time and income by gender is also reviewed. [Data were gathered by a standardized questionnaire covering the 1994-95 graduate cohort]. ( DIPF/Orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2004_(CD)