TY - BOOK
T1 - Cross-national differences in the labour force attachment of mothers in Western and Eastern Europe
AU - Gauthier, A.H.
N1 - Reporting year: 2012
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper examines cross-national differences in the labour force attachment of two
specific subgroups of mothers: the stay-at-home mothers (homemakers) and those on
maternity or parental leave. The justification for focusing on homemakers is that these
women constitute an untapped source of labour and are among those who would need
to join the labour market in order to reach the EU employment target. As to those on
leave, their temporary absence from work means that they will soon be facing a time
when they have to decide whether or not to return to the labour market. They are
therefore also a key group to consider. In this paper, the characteristics and labour
market intentions of these two subgroups of women are analysed using data from the
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) for ten countries: five Western European
countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy), and five Eastern European
countries (Bulgaria, Georgia, Lithuania, Romania and the Russian Federation).
This paper is structured as follows. It first reviews the literature on women’s
employment by focusing on both individual and macro-level factors, including values,
education and family circumstances. It then moves on to a presentation of the data and
methods, followed by the results of the data analysis. The paper concludes with a
discussion of the results and their policy implications.
AB - This paper examines cross-national differences in the labour force attachment of two
specific subgroups of mothers: the stay-at-home mothers (homemakers) and those on
maternity or parental leave. The justification for focusing on homemakers is that these
women constitute an untapped source of labour and are among those who would need
to join the labour market in order to reach the EU employment target. As to those on
leave, their temporary absence from work means that they will soon be facing a time
when they have to decide whether or not to return to the labour market. They are
therefore also a key group to consider. In this paper, the characteristics and labour
market intentions of these two subgroups of women are analysed using data from the
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) for ten countries: five Western European
countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy), and five Eastern European
countries (Bulgaria, Georgia, Lithuania, Romania and the Russian Federation).
This paper is structured as follows. It first reviews the literature on women’s
employment by focusing on both individual and macro-level factors, including values,
education and family circumstances. It then moves on to a presentation of the data and
methods, followed by the results of the data analysis. The paper concludes with a
discussion of the results and their policy implications.
M3 - Rapport
VL - 5.4
T3 - NEUJOBS working paper
BT - Cross-national differences in the labour force attachment of mothers in Western and Eastern Europe
PB - Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute
CY - The Hague
ER -