Full Description
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as well as potential competitors to the male workforce. This book asks whether or not women have been able to convert their educational success into gains on the labor market.The expert contributors address the topic on a comparative level with discussions centred on gendered school-to-work transitions and gendered labor market outcomes. Thereafter they analyze the country-specific implications of the gender redress from a wide range of countries including the USA, Russia and Australia.
This enlightening book will appeal to graduates and postgraduates studying social policy, education, the labor market, inequality and gender. It will also be of interest to experts in the fields of sociology, education, political science and economics and those interested in educational research.
Contributors: P. Barbieri, D.B. Bills, H.-P. Blossfeld, Y. Brinbaum, C. Brzinsky-Fay, S. Buchholz, S. Buchler, G. Cutuli, J. Dämmrich, A.M. Dockery, K. Halldén, J. Härkönen, D. Horn, S. Hupka-Brunner, C. Imdorf, T. Keller, E. Kilpi-Jakonen, Y. Kosyakova, D. Kurakin, M. Lugo, P. McMullin, P. Miret-Gamundi, S. Mollegaard Pedersen, E. Saar, S. Scherer, S. Schührer, J. Skopek, K. Täht, D. Trancart, M.Triventi, M. Unt, D. Vono de Vilhena, S. Wahler, F. Weiss
Contents
Contents:
Preface
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Gender Differences at Labor Market Entry: The Effect of Changing Educational Pathways and Institutional Structures
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Johanna Dämmrich, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Yuliya Kosyakova, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, and Daniela Vono de Vilhena
PART II COMPARATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
2. Gendered School-to-Work Transitions? A Sequence Approach to How Women and Men Enter the Labor Market in Europe
Christian Brzinsky-Fay
3. Gendered Labor Market Outcomes at Labor Market Entry and their Relationship with Country-Specific Characteristics: A Comparative Perspective
Johanna Dämmrich
PART III COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
4. The Influence of Gender on Pathways Into the Labor Market: Evidence From Australia
Sandra Buchler and A. Michael Dockery
5. Gender Differences in Labor Market Entry and Their Long-Term Consequences in the United States
Susanne Schührer, David B. Bills, and Felix Weiss
6. The Consequences of Shifting Education and Economic Structures for Gender Differences at Labor Market Entry: The British Case Study
Patricia McMullin and Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
7 The Role of Gender and Education in Early Labor Market Careers: Long-term Trends in Italy
Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli, Michele Lugo, and Stefani Scherer
8. Spain: Educational Pathways and their Consequences for Gender Differences at Labor Market Entry
Daniela Vono de Vilhena and Pau Miret-Gamundi
9. Vertical and Horizontal Gender Segregation at Labor Market Entry in Sweden: Birth Cohorts 1925-85
Karin Halldén and Juho Härkönen
10. Youth Labor Market Entry in Denmark: A Gender-based Analysis of the First Significant Job
Susanne Wahler, Sandra Buchholz, and Stine Møllegaard Pedersen
11. Educational Pathways and Gender Differences in Labor Market Entry in France
Yaël Brinbaum and Danièle Trancart
12. Young Women Outcompeting Young Men? A Cohort Comparison of Gender Differences at Labor Market Entry in West Germany
Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld
13. Gender Differences at Labor Market Entry in Switzerland
Christian Imdorf and Sandra Hupka-Brunner
14. Hungary: The Impact of Gender Culture
Dániel Horn and Tamás Keller
15. Do Institutions Matter? Occupational Gender Segregation at Labor Market Entry in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
Yuliya Kosyakova and Dmitry Kurakin
16. Segregated Worlds of Male and Female Labor Market Entrants in Estonia During the last Decades?
Ellu Saar, Kadri Täht, and Marge Unt
PART IV CONCLUSION
17. Gender, Education and Employment: Lessons Learned from the Comparative Perspective
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Yuliya Kosyakova, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholz
Index
