abstract: 'The transformation from a centrally planned economy to a market economy

  involves a wide-ranging redistribution of paid employment, income, and

  individual opportunities. Men and women in the former East Germany

  (GDR)-who before reunification had equal roles of participation in paid

  labour-have been affected in different ways by the restructuring of the

  East German economy. Women are now more often unemployed, and for longer

  periods, and face greater difficulties in finding a job. In order to

  explain these differences between men and women, the authors investigate

  the economic, social, and political dimensions of the transformation

  process. The main argument is that economic and social disadvantages

  affecting East German women are not just related to the economic and

  political transformation as such. Rather, they are rooted in a

  traditional gender division of paid work in the former GDR which was

  reinforced by the paternalistic family and social policy developed by

  the East German state. At the same time, however, East German women''s

  experiences of being fully integrated into employment, and enjoying

  greater economic independence, make it unlikely that they will easily

  accept the West German model of partial labour-market integration.'
affiliation: 'QUACK, S (Corresponding Author), WISSENSCHAFTSZENTRUM SOZIALFORSCH,REICHPIETSCHUFER
  50,D-10785 BERLIN,GERMANY.

  FACHHSCH WIRTSCHAFT,D-10825 BERLIN,GERMANY.'
author: QUACK, S and MAIER, F
author_list:
- family: QUACK
  given: S
- family: MAIER
  given: F
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1068/a261257
files: []
issn: 0308-518X
journal: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A
keywords-plus: VOICE; EXIT
language: English
month: AUG
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '40'
pages: 1257-1276
papis_id: 748f03e40b884aff887b253bd53e1004
ref: Quack1994statesocialism
times-cited: '9'
title: FROM STATE SOCIALISM TO MARKET-ECONOMY - WOMENS EMPLOYMENT IN EAST-GERMANY
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:A1994PC86300007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '26'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Geography
year: '1994'