Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
June 1, 2008
Abstract:
We give a quantitative analysis of the nature of occupational change - based on the utilisation of skills - as women make the transition between full-time and part-time work. We show that one-quarter of women moving from full- to part-time work experience downgrading. Women remaining with their current employer are less vulnerable and the availability of part-time opportunities is far more important than the presence of a pre-school child in determining whether a woman moves to a lower-skilled occupation. These findings indicate a loss of economic efficiency through the underutilisation of the skills of many of the women who work part-time.
Published in
Economic Journal
Volume
Volume: 118 (526):F52-F76
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02116.x
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