The purpose of this book is to analyse the remaining obstacles to achieving gender equality. The first chapters present different aspects of the gender earnings gap. Different countries are studied and special emphasis is laid on particular sectors and occupations. The rest of the book deals with the postponement of first birth by educated women, the non-cooperative behaviour in time use, gender differences in job and worker mobility, transitions between employment status, discriminations contained in tax systems and poverty rate of single parent households.

Autorentext

SIV S. GUSTAFSSON is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. She is a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and is the 1999 President of the European Society of Population Economics.

DANIELE MEULDERS is Professor of Economics and head of the research team of Labour Economics in the department of applied economics of the Free University of Brussels. She is a member of the executive committee of the Applied Econometrics Association.

Zusammenfassung
The rest of the book deals with the postponement of first birth by educated women, the non-cooperative behaviour in time use, gender differences in job and worker mobility, transitions between employment status, discriminations contained in tax systems and poverty rate of single parent households.

Inhalt
List of Figures List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Gustafsson & D.Meulders PART I: SETTING THE STAGE The Feminization of Work: A New Era for (Man)kind; R.Freeman Women's Employment in a Society of Rampant Unemployment; M.Maruani PART II: THE GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENCE The Danish Gender Wage Gap and Wage Determination in the Private and Public Sectors; N.D.Gupta, R.L.Oaxaca & N.Smith Do Markets Discriminate?: Comparing the Male-Female Wage Gap of United States Public and Private School Principals; L.Joy The Impact of Regional Migration on the Earnings, Employment and Overeducation of Married Women in the U.K.; H.Battu, P.T.Seaman & P.J.Sloane Tied Movers, Tied Stayers: The Higher Risk of Overeducation among Married Women in West Germany; F.Büchel PART III: THE GENDER DIFFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS Churning in the Norwegian Labour Market: Gender Differences in Job and Worker Mobility; E.Barth & H.D.Olsen Optimal Age at Giving Birth: Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Sweden; S.Gustafsson & C.Wetzels Tax Discrimination against Women in Spain: Why are we Favouring Traditional Families?; A.Fuenmayor & C.Salvador How Do Couples Spend Their Time?: Hours of Market and Domestic Work Time in British Partnerships; H.Davies, H.Joshi, M.Killingworth & R.Peronaci A Longitudinal Analysis of Part-Time Work by Women and Men in the Netherlands; R.Dekker, R.Muffels & E.Stancanelli Working Time, Women and Low Wages in Belgium; M.Jepsen, D.Meulders & I.Terraz Are Lone Parents Households Today Often Poor in France?: An Analysis Using Three Different Poverty Measures; D.Clement & C.Sofer Index of Authors Index of Subjects