Women returners and potential returners. Employment profiles and labour market opportunities

Autor/inn/en	Tomlinson, Jennifer; Olsen, Wendy; Purdam, Kingsley
Titel	Women returners and potential returners. Employment profiles and labour market opportunities - a case study of the United Kingdom. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Berufsrückkehrerinnen und potenzielle Rückkehrerinnen. Beschäftigungsprofile und Arbeitsmarktchancen - eine britische Fallstudie.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 25 (2009) 3, S. 349-363Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcn053
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Frau; Frauenberuf; Vollzeitarbeit; Arbeitsmarktchance; Beruf; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Männerberuf; Erwerbsunterbrechung; Weiterbildung; Sektorale Verteilung; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Women who have previously left the labour market to have children or to care for a family member represent a large proportion of the present and potential workforce. This article innovatively links data on women's education with employers' skill needs and market wage rates to map the different circumstances of women returners in the United Kingdom. We explore whether there is a clustering of women returners in low-wage occupations and how this group can be differentiated. The United Kingdom is a valuable case as it has one of the highest rates of part-time work in Europe. We find that women returners experience high levels of occupational segregation and that these patterns are intensified when they work part-time. Thus, when women returners work part-time, they have limited occupational choice. Rigidities in the design of full- and part-time jobs have led to many women opting for part-time jobs in occupational areas for which they are over-qualified. Additionally, we argue that UK women returners and potential returners have been overlooked in government and sector skill council training agendas. We conclude by commenting on the lack of diversification of part-time work and provide insights for policy makers with respect to the labour market, women returners and potential returners." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2001 bis 2002. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2009/4