The life cycle of women's employment in Australia and inequality markers
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This chapter reviews the life cycle of women’s employment in Australia, arguing that while women’s labour force attachment has shifted and increased significantly in the last 40 years, it still does not match male employment patterns over the life cycle and around which our policy framework was constructed. The result of this is a number of inequality markers between genders. Three of these inequality markers are examined: working hours, pay and superannuation. The causes and interconnections between them are discussed as they relate to the four life phases we identify.This chapter reviews the life cycle of women’s employment in Australia, arguing that while women’s labour force attachment has shifted and increased significantly in the last 40 years, it still does not match male employment patterns over the life cycle and around which our policy framework was constructed. The result of this is a number of inequality markers between genders. Three of these inequality markers are examined: working hours, pay and superannuation. The causes and interconnections between them are discussed as they relate to the four life phases we identify.
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Date
2020-01-01Source title
Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and InstitutionsPublisher
RoutledgeLicence
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"This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in 'Contemporary Issues in Work and Organisations: Actors and Institutions' in 2020, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Contemporary-Issues-in-Work-and-Organisations-Actors-and-Institutions/Lansbury-Johnson-Broek/p/book/9781138341937.Faculty/School
The University of Sydney Business SchoolDepartment, Discipline or Centre
Work and Organisational StudiesShare