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Gender equality and occupational segregation in Nordic labour markets
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Book : Gender equality and occupational segregation in Nordic labour markets Author : * Helina Melkas * Richard Anker Language : English Library : Women Publish Place : Switzerland ISBN : 92-2-110851-1 Publish Date : January 1998 Publisher : International Labour Office (ILO) Book Type : Book Book Number : 2023 |
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INDEX
CONTENTSAcknowledgements
Part I: Description of gender equality and occupational segregation in Nordic labour markets
1. Introduction
2. Background and contents of the book
2.1 Impact of occupational segregation on women and the labour market
2.2 Description of contents
3. The Nordic labour markets
3.1 The "Nordic model"
3.2 Comparisons on women's status
4. Nordic policies to enhance gender equality
4.1 Legal framework and national machinery
4.2 Family support Summary of Part I
Part II: Statistical analysis of occupational segregation by sex in Nordic labour
markets
5. Description of data and comparability
6. Patterns in Nordic labour markets in 1990
6.1 Women's share of the labour market
6.2 Indices of inequality
6.3 Gender-dominated occupations
6.4 Largest "female" occupations
6.5 Seventeen typical "female" and "male" occupations
6.6 Effect of occupational structure on segregation in 1990
7. Monetization of household work and provision of public services
8. Women and men in higher and lower status occupations
Part III: Conclusion
9. Summary and comments
9.1 Background
9.2 Main findings
9.3 Concluding remarks
Appendix: Statistics used to measure occupational segregation
Bibliography
About the authors
