This article sets out to investigate how flexitime and teleworking can help women maintain
their careers after childbirth. Despite the increased number of women in the labour market in …

In this article, I review the issues posed 20 years ago in my model of the historical
institutionalization of the life course. I (a) recapitulate the claim that the life course has …

This contribution analyzes how men and women in France, Italy, Sweden, and the United
States use their time over the life cycle and the extent to which societal and institutional …

This article provides an overview of low-wage occupations in five industries (nursing
assistants and cleaners in hospitals, cashiers and stock/sales clerks in food and electronics …

Considerable policy action has focused on the social patterning of health, especially the
health risks associated with low income. More recent attention has turned to transport, food …

This paper provides a multidisciplinary review of research aimed at explaining the
substantial differences in women's employment trajectories that still exist within and across …

The book is without doubt a must-read reflection on the notion of full employment and a
source of inspiration for the establishing of the knowledge-based economy that is such an …

Many assume that women and workers in female-dominated workplaces will have better
access to flexible working arrangements. Some use this as justification for the low wages …

Working time flexibility comprises a wide variety of arrangements, from part-time, overtime, to
long-term leaves. Theoretical approaches to grouping these arrangements have been …

This report:-Assesses the current employment conditions of part-time workers in comparison
with those of comparable full-time workers across a range of countries.-Investigates the …