Women's Work, the Family, and Social Policy

Focus on Italy in a European Perspective
Herausgegeben:Del Boca, Daniela; Repetto-Alaia, Margherita

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Women's Work, the Family, and Social Policy focuses on the issue of women's work in Italy as seen in the context of the last three decades of the twentieth century and against the backdrop of changes that have been occurring since the late sixties in women's status in society and family. Using a comparative approach, the contributors analyze trends in women's employment, their motivations to work, the impact on fertility and family patterns of working women, strategies to conciliate work and children, effectiveness of social policy, and the effects of women's work on family's income and income distribution. This book looks at women's work from the point of view of the human capital thus being mobilized and its wide-ranging impact on society and the economy.

Produktdetails

• Studies in European Union 2
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 62564
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 11mm x 160mm x 230mm
• Gewicht: 333g
• ISBN-13: 9780820425641
• ISBN-10: 0820425648
• Artikelnr.: 24536257

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Daniela Del Boca/Margherita Repetto-Alaia: Editorial Foreword - Chiara Saraceno: Changes in Italian Families, from the Sixties to the Present - Daniela Del Boca: Labor Market Participation and Fertility of Italian Women: A Comparative Perspective - Stefania Rossetti/Paola Tanda: Human Capital, Gender, and Labor Market Performances - Daniela Del Boca/Marilena Locatelli/Silvia Pasqua: Earnings and Employment of Italian Husbands and Wives in the European Context - Tindara Addabbo: "Atypical" Work in Italy in a Gender Perspective: The Case of Parasubordinates and Part-Timers - Lia Fubini: Women's Unemployment in Italy - Renata Livraghi: Economic Aspects of Families and Generational Employment Patterns in Italy - Andrea Brandolini/ Giovanni D'Alessio: Household Structure and Income Inequality in Italy: A Comparative European Perspective.

Rezensionen

"Looking beyond their borders, in recent decades individual European countries have had to rethink socio-economic norms in light of the supranational project of European integration. Closer to home, these countries must now look into their homes, their offices and their domestic markets to address the growing socio-economic impact of women in the work force. Focussing on the exemplary case of Italy, this excellent collection presents valuable data and insightful analysis of national and supranational dilemmas posed for the workplace, the family, and the economy by the growing and varied presence of women in the workforce." (Sima Godfrey, Director, Institute of European Studies, University of British Columbia)
"This book includes contributions by leading researchers in Italian academia and the Bank of Italy, specializing in the condition of women at home and in the labour market. The economic contributions give us interesting insights into the link between fertility and labour market participation of women, and between the latter and the employment status of their husbands. The only sociological contribution argues that Italian women have made considerable progress towards equality with men in the legal and economic sphere, but have still some way to go. The abundant comparative material allows the reader to place the Italian case in its European context." (Professor Alessandro Cigno, University of Firenze, Department of State Studies)