This paper uses data from the World Value Surveys (1990, 1995, 1999) to investigate the
impact of gender role attitudes and work values on women's labour-market outcomes across …

Looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages-childcare services,
flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care-across EU15 …

Early evidence on the pandemic's effects pointed to women's employment falling
disproportionately, leading observers to call a “she-cession.” This paper documents the …

Early evidence on the pandemic's effects pointed to women's employment falling
disproportionately, leading observers to call a “she-cession.” This paper documents the …

Abstract Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender
differences in training participation over the period 1994–1999. We focus on lifelong …

In some OECD countries the male and female unemployment rates are very similar but in
others (notably the Mediterranean countries) the female unemployment rate is much higher …

Abstract This article uses 1994–8 International Adult Literacy Survey microdata for Canada,
Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US to study the impact of …

We investigate the changes in women's participation patterns across 15 EU countries over
the last 20 years using individual data from ECHP and EUSILC databases. Our findings …

This article investigates whether women work part-time through preference or constraint and
argues that different countries provide different opportunities for preference attainment. It …

Using Spanish Social Security records, we document the channels through which mothers
fall onto a lower earnings track, such as shifting into part-time work, accumulating lower …