abstract: 'This article examines the differential impact of labour market

  institutions on women and men. It carries out longitudinal analyses

  using repeat cross-sectional data from the EU Labour Force Survey

  1992-2007 as well as time series data that measure institutional change

  over the same period. The results contribute to the literature on

  gendered employment, adding important insights into the impact of labour

  market institutions over and above family policies that have been the

  focus of most prior studies on the topic. We find differential effects

  of institutional change on male and female outcome. Our findings

  challenge the neo-classical literature on the topic. While our results

  suggest that men benefit more clearly than women from increases in

  employment protection, we do not find support for the neo-classical

  assertion that strong trade unions decrease female employment. Instead,

  increasing union strength is shown to have beneficial effects for both

  men''s and women''s likelihood of being employed on the standard

  employment contract. Furthermore, in line with other researchers, we

  find that rising levels of in kind state support to families improve

  women''s employment opportunities. (C) 2014 International Sociological

  Association Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility.

  Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Dieckhoff, M (Corresponding Author), WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Res
  Unit Skill Format \& Labour Markets, Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany.

  Dieckhoff, Martina, WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Res Unit Skill Format \& Labour Markets,
  D-10785 Berlin, Germany.

  Gash, Vanessa, City Univ London, Dept Sociol, London EC1V 0HB, England.

  Steiber, Nadia, Univ Vienna, Dept Econ Sociol, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

  Steiber, Nadia, Int Inst Appl Syst Anal, Wittgenstein Ctr Demog \& Global Human
  Capital, IIASA, VID OAW,WU, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.'
author: Dieckhoff, Martina and Gash, Vanessa and Steiber, Nadia
author-email: 'Martina.Dieckhoff@wzb.eu

  vanessa.gash.1@city.ac.uk

  nadia.steiber@univie.ac.at'
author_list:
- family: Dieckhoff
  given: Martina
- family: Gash
  given: Vanessa
- family: Steiber
  given: Nadia
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2014.12.001
eissn: 1878-5654
files: []
issn: 0276-5624
journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
keywords: 'Collective bargaining coverage; Employment protection; European Labour

  Force Survey; Gender inequality; Institutional change'
keywords-plus: 'WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORKERS EVIDENCE; STATE

  POLICIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; TIME; JOBS'
language: English
month: MAR
number-of-cited-references: '61'
orcid-numbers: 'Steiber, Nadia/0000-0002-9425-8840

  Gash, Vanessa/0000-0001-8152-4196'
pages: 59-75
papis_id: f9307865a44423ab135c0ef0f2bc1653
ref: Dieckhoff2015measuringeffect
researcherid-numbers: 'Gash, Vanessa/AAO-4048-2021

  Steiber, Nadia/IXN-7351-2023

  '
times-cited: '10'
title: Measuring the effect of institutional change on gender inequality in the labour
  market
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000350073500005
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '41'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2015'