The price of reconciliation: Part-time work, families and women's satisfaction

Gregory, Mary and Connolly, Sara (2008) The price of reconciliation: Part-time work, families and women's satisfaction. The Economic Journal, 118 (526). F1-F7. ISSN 1468-0297

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Abstract

While the gender pay gap has been narrowing for women in full‐time jobs the pay penalty for the 40% of women who work part‐time has risen, reflecting the growing polarisation of part‐time jobs in low‐wage occupations. A further dimension is that women often experience downgrading from higher‐skill full‐time into lower‐skill part‐time occupations. As women reorganise their working lives around the presence of children their reported hours and job satisfaction are highest in part‐time work, but life‐satisfaction is scarcely affected by hours of work. This Feature explores these issues and their challenge for economic efficiency as well as gender equity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gender relations,skilled labor,wage gap,womens employment,womens status,working conditions,sdg 5 - gender equality ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Research on Children and Families
Depositing User:	Gina Neff
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2010 16:02
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 03:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/10848
DOI:	10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02113.x

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