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AUTHOR
Nieves Lázaro
Desigualdades de género en el trabajo. La brecha de género en el empleo y la distribución de las tareas de cuidado
This paper focuses on the factors contributing to gender inequality in the distribution of paid work and unpaid work in homes. The European Union Household Panel for Spain is used to empirically test the relative impact of such factors and their contribution to gender inequality. Three indicators are considered: intra-household inequality in employment status, the gender gap in paid employment and the ratio between unpaid care activities and time spent in paid employment. Personal characteristics of the female partner such as age and education have a significant impact on these three indicators. Household characteristics such as the difference in income and in time devoted to caring activit…
Women's labour force participation and part-time work in Spain
Spain is one of the southern countries where the percentage of women working part-time is relatively low in comparison to other European countries, together with a low female activity rate. Some important obstacles to increasing female activity rates have already been removed, as younger cohorts of women show a more permanent attachment to the labour force than older women, meeting even high unemployment, which is especially acute for women and young people. Under the recent labour market reform, it is hoped that part-time contracts, which were first regulated in 1984, would be a way of facilitating flexibility and an incentive for employers to create jobs, as the experience of other countr…
Paid employment and unpaid caring work in Spain
The objective of this paper is to investigate the determinants of unpaid time in caring activities, with a special emphasis on the gender dimension. Data from the Household Panel Survey for Spain is used to estimate an ordered probit model for the hours interval in care of children and adult people in need of care. The results show that gender is one of the key determinants of the distribution of time in caring. Being in paid employment is also an important factor in the time devoted to caring. Demographic variables like age, marital status and education are also relevant, particularly in the case of women. Finally, cultural habits and customs are also important.
Desigualdad de género en el trabajo doméstico en España : ¿Compartir el trabajo doméstico en pareja está condicionado únicamente por la racionalidad económica?
Este artículo analiza la desigualdad de género en el trabajo doméstico en España. Sigue siendo un debate abierto si el reparto del trabajo doméstico y el trabajo de mercado entre esposos y esposas está condicionado únicamente por la racionalidad económica o si existen otros factores relacionados con la identidad de género en la raíz de la desigualdad de género dentro del hogar. Esta contribución intenta evaluar el papel de la hipótesis de la neutralización de la desviación de género y examina si supera el poder explicativo de la teoría del intercambio económico en la distribución del trabajo doméstico no remunerado en España. Se construyen fronteras estocásticas de las tareas del hogar para…
Unemployment determinants for women in Spain
Spain has one of the highest rates of unemployment among OECD countries. Some explanations for this stress the importance of unemployment duration compared with entry rates to the unemployment pool. Long-term unemployment rates are particularly high among women in Spain. The object of this paper is to investigate the determinants of unemployment duration among women. It will consider personal characteristics (education and age), family background, socio-economic variables (the number of household earners and household income) and the effect of unemployment benefits, using data from the Household Expenditure Survey 1990 ±91.
Unemployment Determinants for Women in Spain
Spain has one of the highest rates of unemployment among OECD countries. Some explanations for this stress the importance of unemployment duration compared with entry rates to the unemployment pool. Long-term unemployment rates are particularly high among women in Spain. The object of this paper is to investigate the determinants of unemployment duration among women. It will consider personal characteristics (education and age), family background, socio-economic variables (the number of household earners and household income) and the effect of unemployment benefits, using data from the Household Expenditure Survey 1990-91.