2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Most OECD countries have experienced an increase of female part-time
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employment in the last decades. It has been argued that part-time work
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may give greater employment flexibility, enabling mothers to reconcile
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conflicting demands of family and work and thereby facilitating their
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integration into the wage economy. At the same time, it has been
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suggested that female part-time work implies segmentation of the labour
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force into a core and a periphery, with marginalized, low qualified jobs
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for part-time employees. However, little attention has been given to the
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possible mediating effect of the institutional context on potential job
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quality disadvantages of part-timers. We examine this question by
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comparing the skills and autonomy of female part-time workers in two
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countries, Britain and Sweden, often considered as representing quite
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distinct forms of institutional regime. The results show that female
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part-time employees in Sweden hold positions of higher skill and have
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more autonomy compared to their equivalents in Britain. Even so, both
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British and Swedish part-time employees face relative disadvantage when
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compared to female full-time workers. We conclude that differences in
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the institutional systems of Sweden and Britain do have a significant
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effect on the absolute skill level of part-time work. However, the
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relative disadvantage of part-timers persists despite Swedish policies
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giving greater salience to improvements in the quality of work. (C) 2011
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international Sociological Association Research Committee 28 on Social
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Stratification and Mobility. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights
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reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Hallden, K (Corresponding Author), Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social
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Res, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hallden, Karin, Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Gallie, Duncan; Zhou, Ying, Univ Oxford, Nuffield Coll, Oxford OX1 NF, England.
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Zhou, Ying, Univ Surrey, Sch Management \& Law, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England.'
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author: Hallden, Karin and Gallie, Duncan and Zhou, Ying
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author-email: 'karin.hallden@soli.su.se
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duncan.gallie@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
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ying.zhou@surrey.ac.uk'
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author_list:
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- family: Hallden
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given: Karin
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- family: Gallie
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given: Duncan
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- family: Zhou
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given: Ying
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.07.001
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eissn: 1878-5654
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files: []
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issn: 0276-5624
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journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
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keywords: Female part-time; Job quality; Skills; Autonomy
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '43'
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orcid-numbers: Gallie, Duncan/0000-0002-5400-9540
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pages: 187-201
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papis_id: 5ffaf2bf341b3f67bdfdb42534409146
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ref: Hallden2012skillsautonomy
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researcherid-numbers: 'Gallie, Duncan/V-2470-2019
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times-cited: '11'
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title: The skills and autonomy of female part-time work in Britain and Sweden
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000311914900004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '26'
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volume: '30'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2012'
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