author: Dieckhoff, M., Gash, V., & Steiber, N. 
year: 2015
title: "Measuring the effect of institutional change on gender inequality in the labour market"
publisher: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
uri: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2014.12.001
pubtype: article
discipline: sociology

country: global
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causal:  # 0 correlation / 1 causal

theory:
limitations: averaged across national contexts may obscure specific insights
observation:
  - intervention: collective action (unionization)
    institutional: 0
    structural: 1
    agency: 0
    inequality: gender
    type: # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
    indicator: # 0 absolute / 1 relative
    measures: employment
    findings: men and women increased standard employment contracts with increased unionization; female employment does not decrease
    channels: increased standard employment contract probability
    direction: 1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
    significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg

notes: MISSING EXTRACTION OF DEREGULATION OF TEMPORARY CONTRACTS; FAMILY POLICIES
annotation: |
  A study on the effect of trade unionization in European labour markets, with a specific emphasis on its effects on gender inequalities.
  It finds, first of all, that increased unionization is related to the probability of being employed on a standard employment contract for both men and women.
  It also finds no evidence that men seem to carry increased benefits from increased unionization, although in combination with temporary contract and family policy re-regulations, men do seem to experience greater benefits than women.
  At the same time women's employment under standard contracts does not decrease, such that there is no absolute detrimental effect for either gender.
  It does, however, pose the question of the allocation of relative benefits between the genders through unionization efforts.
  The study is limited in that, by averaging outcomes across European nations, it can not account for nation-specific labour market contexts or gender disaggregations.
