Work and family reconciliation in Turkey: young women as a vulnerable group in the labour market

This article analyses how the culturally widespread incitements to become aspirational and mobile are negotiated by young women in the vocational nursing education in Finland. Drawing on interviews with final year students, the article examines their imagined futures and asks how lived inequalities shape their aspirations and possibilities of navigating the neoliberalising care labour market that is marked by stark hierarchies and diminishing resources. The paper finds that the participants’ aspirations were characterised by the considerations of whether to remain as a practical nurse or to move forward to higher education. Yet, while some women were able to adopt a strong ethos of moving forward, others were more likely to be seen as fixed in place in auxiliary care work. The article pushes forward the debate on youth aspirations and mobility by unpacking the lived contradictions that shape the aspirations of young women entering the lower end of the care labour market.

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Choice and Welfare Reform: Lone Parents’ Decision Making around Paid Work and Family Life

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s004727941100002x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 275-293 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

ANTHONY RAFFERTY ◽

JAY WIGGAN

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Labour Market ◽

Job Search ◽

Work And Family ◽

Dependent Child ◽

Employment Decisions ◽

Lone Parents ◽

Lone Mothers ◽

The Uk ◽

Child Age

AbstractWelfare-to-work policy in the UK sees ‘choice’ regarding lone parents’ employment decisions increasingly defined in terms of powers of selection between options within active labour market programmes, with constraints on the option of non-market activity progressively tightened. In this paper, we examine the wider choice agenda in public services in relation to lone-parent employment, focusing on the period following the 2007 Freud Review of welfare provision. (Freud, 2007) Survey data are used to estimate the extent to which recent policies promoting compulsory job search by youngest dependent child age map onto lone parents' own stated decision-making regarding if and when to enter the labour market. The findings indicate a substantial proportion of lone parents targeted by policy reform currently do not want a job and that their main reported reason is that they are looking after their children. Economically inactive lone mothers also remain more likely to have other chronic employment barriers, which traverse dependent child age categories. Some problems, such as poor health, sickness or disability, are particularly acute among those with older dependent children who are the target of recent activation policy.

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Gendered transitions from education to work: The mysterious relationship between the fields of education and work

Journal of Sociology ◽

10.1177/1440783317700736 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 492-506 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Johanna Wyn ◽

Hernán Cuervo ◽

Jessica Crofts ◽

Dan Woodman

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Linear Relationship ◽

Young Women ◽

Time Structure ◽

Paid Work ◽

Key Dimensions ◽

Relational Framework ◽

The Relationship ◽

Enduring Power

This article addresses the paradox that, despite achieving educational participation exceeding their male peers, young women see fewer returns for this investment in the labour market. We argue that this paradox is obscured by youth transitions frameworks that assume a close, linear relationship between education and work. We draw on Bourdieu’s concept of field to highlight the distinctive logics (particularly the ‘time economy’) that shape different engagements by young people in education and work. This approach reveals the enduring power of the time structure of paid work in Australia to dominate key dimensions of life, including caring work, placing many women in a situation where they feel they must ‘choose’ career or parenthood. Our analysis of the intersections and disjunctions of these different fields highlights the challenges for young women’s transitions from education to work, and highlights the need for a relational framework to critically analyse the relationship between these fields.

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Young women on the margins of the labour market

Work Employment and Society ◽

10.1177/0950017012438576 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 412-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Karen Escott

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Young Women ◽

Occupational Segregation ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Social Characteristics ◽

Welfare Policies ◽

Disadvantaged Communities ◽

Disadvantaged Groups ◽

Multiple Issues ◽

Employment Rates

This article examines worklessness among young women living in 10 disadvantaged communities across England. The data shows that despite dynamic economic circumstances and New Labour’s work incentives, responses to the employment aspirations of many young women were inadequate. In addition to the influence of social characteristics such as ethnicity and qualifications in determining employment rates, experiences of discrimination, poor health and caring responsibilities affect many young women. Neighbourhood variations in the reasons for worklessness, even among highly employable young women, suggest that the multiple issues affecting disadvantaged groups are also influenced by local job markets. Occupational segregation and clustering into particular industries are added constraints for young women which are largely ignored in welfare policies seeking to address youth unemployment.

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THE MEANING OF LABOR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN WITH BREAST NEOPLASMS

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2018-0422 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

Author(s):

Paola Alexandria Pinto de Magalhães ◽

Edilaine Assunção Caetano de Loyola ◽

Giselle Dupas ◽

Mariana Lopes Borges ◽

Tatiana da Silva Vaz Paterra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Work Environment ◽

Young Women ◽

Work And Family ◽

Meaning Of Work ◽

Rehabilitation Center ◽

Work Activities ◽

Health Team ◽

One Year ◽

Physical Changes

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the meaning of work activities for young women with breast cancer. Method: a qualitative study that used as a theoretical framework the Symbolic Interactionism and, as the methodological framework, the Discourse of the Collective Subject. It was developed in a mastology outpatient clinic and a mastectomized rehabilitation center whose data collection took place between February 2014 and January 2015. Twelve women between 18 and 40 years old with up to one year of diagnosis of breast cancer participated, being excluded those with metastasis; interviewed from the guiding question: how is it for you to be young with breast cancer, in relation to work? Thematic content analysis was applied. Results: the following theoretical categories emerged: young women’s feelings about having to stop working due to breast cancer and its treatments; quitting work meant annoyance and discouragement; change in income and collection by herself raised concern about the financial contribution; physical changes changing work activities, meaning limitation and impairment; work as an opportunity to live a better life, as a meaning of freedom; lack of collaboration of colleagues in the work environment whose significance was difficulties in the work environment; solidarity and positivity at work and family support that provided them with encouragement to cope with the disease. Conclusion: it was difficult to experience and accept changes in work activities. The support of family, friends and coworkers was paramount to cope with this process, which should also be taken into account by the health team, especially nursing.

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The Gender Wage Gap Opens Long before Motherhood. Panel Evidence on Early Careers in Switzerland

10.31235/osf.io/sazxj ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Benita Combet ◽

Daniel Oesch

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Family Formation ◽

Gender Wage Gap ◽

Wage Gap ◽

Panel Study ◽

Young Men ◽

Work And Family ◽

Intellectual Ability ◽

Employer Discrimination ◽

Household Specialization

According to a popular argument in economics, the gender wage gap persists not because of employer discrimination against women, but because of the differential investment of fathers and mothers into paid work and the household. We test this argument by comparing the evolution of wages between men and women before the onset of family formation and gendered household specialization. We use a cohort study of young adults for Switzerland (TREE 2000–2014) and match the two sexes on their intellectual ability and educational attainment before they enter the labour market. We then use the ensuing survey waves to account for human capital and job characteristics as well as for values towards work and family. We replicate our analysis with a second panel study of Swiss graduate students. We find in both cohort studies an unexplained gender wage gap of between 3 to 6 percent in favour of men. This result suggests that young women earn lower wages than young men with the same productive characteristics long before they have children. Translated into annual wages, this means that young women lose out on half a monthly wage each year in comparison to young men.

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The double penalty: How female migrants manage family responsibilities in the Spanish dual labour market

Journal of Family Research ◽

10.20377/jfr-497 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

María Sánchez-Domínguez ◽

Luis Guirola Abenza

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Labour Force ◽

Living Arrangement ◽

College Education ◽

Work And Family ◽

Past Century ◽

Family Responsibilities ◽

Employment Conditions ◽

Female Migrants ◽

Female Immigrants

Objective: This study examines the convergence of employment behaviour and work-life balance of foreign-born women with those of native-born Spanish women between 2014 and 2018. Background: The changing role of women in the labour market is a central development of the past century. However, the study of female labour market participation has focused on native women, typically with a college education. Method: We use the Spanish Labour Force Survey and its 2018 ad hoc module on the reconciliation of work and family life to compare the working behaviours of native and migrant women. We use a matching algorithm to construct a sample of native workers with comparable human capital and living arrangement characteristics. Results: The segmentation of the Spanish labour market leads to the concentration of female immigrants in specific occupational niches with precarious employment conditions, regardless of the length of their stay in the country. The country’s employment and care regime forces female migrants to deal with their care responsibilities differently than their native counterparts: i.e., migrants are more likely than natives to interrupt their employment to fulfil household duties, and are less likely to engage in part-time work and to outsource care provision to family and professional caregivers. Conclusion: Female immigrants are doubly penalised as both immigrants and mothers.

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Ser inmigrante y vivir en España en un contexto de crisis internacional. Análisis crítico de la evolución de las políticas públicas de inmigración y vivienda

Trabajo Social Global-Global Social Work ◽

10.30827/tsg-gsw.v5i8.2548 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 68-89

Author(s):

Diego Pacual López-Carmona ◽

Manuel Hernández-Pedreño

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Labour Market ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Public Policies ◽

Current Situation ◽

Vulnerable Group ◽

Exclusion Processes ◽

The Public

El acceso y la permanencia en una vivienda digna constituyen elementos fundamentales en los procesos de inclusión social. Los inmigrantes son un colectivo tradicionalmente vulnerable ante los procesos de exclusión residencial y, desde el origen de la crisis, esta vulnerabilidad se ha visto incrementada, en gran medida por su expulsión del mercado de trabajo. Desde el enfoque de las trayectorias residenciales de los inmigrantes, se ha analizado la situación actual de la exclusión residencial de este colectivo en España. Para ello se han combinado técnicas cuantitativas con revisión de estudios previos y legislaciones. Mediante el análisis cuantitativo realizado con datos procedentes de las principales fuentes estadísticas oficiales, se han analizado las principales problemáticas que afectan a los inmigrantes en relación con la exclusión residencial. Posteriormente, se ha realizado un análisis de la evolución y el impacto de las políticas públicas destinadas a combatir la exclusión residencial de los inmigrantes en España. Finalmente, se presenta un diagnóstico de la situación actual. The access to and the stay in a decent housing are key elements in social inclusion processes. Immigrants are a traditionally vulnerable group to residential exclusion processes and since the beginning of this economic crisis, this vulnerability has greatly increased due to immigrants have been excluded from the labour market. From the approach of the immigrants’ residential trajectories, the current residential situation of immigrants in Spain has been analysed. For that purpose, quantitative techniques and the review of previous studies and legislations have been combined. By the quantitative analysis carried out with data from the official statistical sources, the main problems affecting immigrants in terms of residential exclusion have been analysed. Subsequently, an analysis of the evolution and impact of the public policies aimed at combating the immigrants’ social exclusion in Spain has been carried out. Finally, a diagnosis of the current situation is submitted.

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Donne al lavoro in Italia tra parità formale e disparità sostanziale

Le grandi questioni sociali del nostro tempo - Società e trasformazioni sociali ◽

10.30687/978-88-6969-273-4/009 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Tania Toffanin

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Labour Market ◽

Young Women ◽

Care Work ◽

Personal Life ◽

Gender Inequalities ◽

Full Time ◽

And Gender ◽

Condition Of Women ◽

The Welfare State

The contribution aims to articulate in critical terms the condition of women in Italy, in light of the recent transformations that have affected the welfare state and labour market. In particular, the attention has been paid to the more hidden aspects of the recent reforms implemented by Italian governments, concerning the relation between care work and social and material changes. The casualization of labour among young women is producing a postponement of the reproductive choices while among older ones, especially the unskilled ones, it is producing a returning as a full-time housewives, with all the implications that this dynamic has in terms of loss of emancipation and autonomy. For many women the impossibility to balance work and personal life is leading to their exclusion from the labour market. The reflections developed in this paper aim to highlight the process of invisibilization that continues to mark the reproductive work and the consequences that this process has on the reproduction of class and gender inequalities.

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Anticipated Parental Leave Take Up in Luxembourg

Social Policy and Society ◽

10.1017/s1474746410000485 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 123-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marie Valentova

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Young Women ◽

Parental Leave ◽

Professional Life ◽

Men And Women ◽

Micro Level ◽

Market Strategies

Luxembourg introduced a parental leave scheme in 1999 as a policy effort to stimulate equality between men and women with regard to bringing up children and to allow for reconciliation of family and professional life, so that the caring parents do not have to withdraw from the labour market after having a child. The analysis presented in this paper is one of the first systematic attempts to assess the parental leave take up of women in Luxembourg and to analyze it in light of micro-level characteristics of potential beneficiaries. The paper aims to explore the acceptance of parental leave provisions by the population of young women residing in Luxembourg and to examine which of their socio-demographic and labour market characteristics determine hypothetical parental leave take up. Attention is also paid to anticipated labour market strategies of women after parental leave.

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