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Work‐family arrangements and gender inequality in Europe

Laura den Dulk (PhD‐student at The Netherlands School for Social and Economic Policy Research, The Netherlands. Anneke van Doorne‐Huiskes is a Professor of Women’s Studies at the Faculty of Social Science of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Joop Schippers is an Associate Professor at the Economic Institute of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Anneke van Doorne‐Huiskes (Professor of Women’s Studies at the Faculty of Social Science of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Joop Schippers is an Associate Professor at the Economic Institute of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Joop Schippers (Associate Professor at the Economic Institute of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Women in Management Review

ISSN: 0964-9425

Article publication date: 1 August 1996

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Abstract

Focuses on how government policy regarding work‐family arrangements affects the labour market position of women and men in the European Union. Discusses the statutory provisions of three different work‐family arrangements: leave arrangements, child care and part‐time work. Finds that the development of work‐family arrangements differs between member states, although these differences can be placed in a typology of welfare state regimes. To determine whether there is more equality between men and women in countries with a more extensive government policy, uses four indicators: the gender‐related development index of the Human Development Report, female labour participation, wage differences between men and women and segregation in the labour market. Suggests from a review of the indicators that there is a positive relation between the presence of statutory work‐family arrangements and gender equality in the labour market. Notes, however, that occupational segregation is less affected by work‐family arrangements. Concludes that a relation between the use of work‐family facilities and the persistence of segregation seems plausible. Argues that if work‐family arrangements are only available to women or if men do not use the existing facilities, inequality in the labour market will be maintained rather than reduced.

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den Dulk, L., van Doorne‐Huiskes, A. and Schippers, J. (1996), "Work‐family arrangements and gender inequality in Europe", Women in Management Review, Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649429610122627

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