scholarly journals The Gender Features of the Labor Market in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (517) ◽  
pp. 176-182
Author(s):  
O. O. Khandii ◽  
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O. O. Amosha ◽  
D. O. Mosiichuk ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Indirect Discrimination ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Features

The article is aimed at exploring the gender features of the labor market in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the impact of quarantine restrictions caused by the introduction of anti-epidemic measures to counteract the spread of coronavirus disease in Ukraine, on the existing balance of gender equality in Ukrainian society. The identified gender inequality manifestations in the labor market have intensified and received negative dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantine restrictions and the limited activities of enterprises in the sphere of trade, culture, art, education, hotel business and others, in the structure of employment of which the women’s labor force prevails, have caused an increase in the number of unemployed and a decrease in the social protection of employees involved in these sectors. An increase in the wage gap between women and men during the period of quarantine restrictions both by type of economic activity and by region is identified. The proposals and recommendations are directed towards: taking into account gender needs in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; reducing gender inequality and injustice in employment and income; ensuring support for political activity of the female population, involvement in decision-making in the life of both the community and the State; strengthening liability for direct or indirect discrimination and gender inequality; taking into account in the programs of socio-economic development of territories of gender needs as to different age groups; introduction of training aimed at ensuring gender approach and gender equality in organizations and enterprises; financial, economic, legal and educational support for the development of women’s business. Prospect for further research in this direction is to determine the impact of the existing level of gender equality and the structure of employment by gender in the sectors on the possibilities of economic development of the country.

scholarly journals Diversity management and gender equality outcomes in research, development and innovation organisations: Lessons for practitioners

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-190
Author(s):  
Katalin Tardos ◽  
Veronika Paksi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Extensive List

Understanding the impact of various diversity management (DM) practices in terms of their effectiveness in achieving desired outcomes within the organisation is a prevalent research gap in the general DM literature and the new stream of literature on DM in the research, development, and innovation (RDI) sector. Therefore, this article reviews the literature on gender diversity practices in RDI workplaces and how DM contributes to gender equality outcomes. For this purpose, we introduced a conceptual framework to demonstrate the interrelatedness of the forms and reasons for gender inequality, and the choice of DM practices and their outcomes. Moreover, we compiled an extensive list of DM practices for practitioners related to how to address the different forms and underlying reasons for gender inequality. Finally, by comparing the literature on DM outcomes in the business and the RDI sector, we concluded that research on measuring the outcomes of DM practices was less developed for RDI organisations, but gaps of knowledge on the outcomes of DM practices prevailed in both sectors. Organisational contexts in which specific diversity practices were implemented had a significant role in determining their effectiveness,highlighting the relevance of the institutionalist theory.

Women’s access to supervisory jobs and gender inequality

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-709
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Ropero
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Switching Model ◽  
Wage Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects on the gender wage gap of women’s access to supervisory jobs within each establishment in the Spanish labor market. Previous empirical studies have found that promoting women to supervisory positions has decreased the wage difference between genders among workers beneath them. However, these studies did not take into account the endogeneity problem associated with job choice. Design/methodology/approach The author uses a switching model to control for this endogeneity problem under certain assumptions. Findings Using matched employer–employee data from a sample of 213,709 workers in the Spanish labor market, the author found that an increase in the proportion of women among supervisors within each establishment significantly widens the wage difference between genders. This study shows that the impact of an increase in women’s power within establishments may well be more limited than other empirical studies suggest. Originality/value The author will use the estimated correlations between unobservables to find out whether the most valued skills for being a supervisor and the skills that make a worker more productive in the workplace are substitutes or complements. Additionally, the author breaks down the effects of the gender composition of supervisory jobs on the wage gap into a direct and an indirect effect. The direct effect measures the impact of women’s representation among supervisors on the wage difference between men and women within the same job, whereas the indirect effect measures the impact of more women reaching supervisory posts on the wage gap induced by its impact on each type of gender segregation.

scholarly journals Gender Equality as One of the Factors Influencing the Social and Economic Development of Uzbekistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 257-261
Author(s):  
L. Memesheva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
High Level

Achieving gender equality remains one of the most important tasks of the state policy of Uzbekistan. The country maintains a position with a high level of both vertical and horizontal gender segregation in the labor market. The article reviews and identifies the main reasons for maintaining gender inequality, as well as positive changes in the provision of equal rights in the field of gender relations.

scholarly journals Crisis del empleo, austeridad y relaciones de género en Portugal: el caso de la Región Autónoma de Madeira

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Andreia Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
International Monetary Fund ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Labor Crisis ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

Resumen En Portugal, a pesar de las mejoras experimentadas en los últimos años, la discriminación en las relaciones laborales basada en el género aún persiste. En el contexto de la crisis económica, financiera, política y laboral, donde la austeridad, implementada y supervisada por el Fondo Monetario Internacional, ha agravado la precariedad laboral, es fundamental analizar el impacto de esta realidad en el mercado de trabajo y en las relaciones de género. En este marco se sitúa esta reflexión. Desde un primer enfoque sobre las perspectivas teóricas de las transformaciones laborales y las relaciones de género, pasamos al análisis y comprensión de los cambios y tendencias recientes del mercado de trabajo, de la flexibilidad y del futuro de la igualdad de género, a la luz de las contribuciones de las sociólogas Sara Falcón Casaca (2012) y Virginia Ferreira (2014). Abstract In Portugal, despite the improvements experienced in recent years, discrimination in labor relations based on gender still persists. In the context of the economic, financial, political and labor crisis, where austerity, implemented and supervised by the International Monetary Fund, has aggravated labor precariousness, it is fundamental to analyze the impact of this reality on the labor market and on the relationships of genre. In this framework, this reflection is placed. From a first approach on the theoretical perspectives of labor transformations and gender relations, we turn to the analysis and understanding of recent changes and trends in the labor market, of flexibility and of the future of gender equality, in the light of the contributions of the sociologists Sara Falcón Casaca (2012) and Virginia Ferreira (2014).

scholarly journals Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (174) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmané Ouedraogo ◽  
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Electoral Violence ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an increase in female-to-male labor force participation ratio by 1 percentage point is correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa.

Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Shed Light

This volume reframes the debate around Islam and women’s rights within a broader comparative literature. It examines the complex and contingent historical relationships between religion, secularism, democracy, law, and gender equality. Part I addresses the nexus of religion, law, gender, and democracy through different disciplinary perspectives (sociology, anthropology, political science, law). Part II localizes the implementation of this nexus between law, gender, and democracy, and provides contextualized responses to questions raised in Part I. The contributors explore the situation of Muslim women’s rights vis-à-vis human rights to shed light on gender politics in the modernization of the nation and to ponder over the role of Islam in gender inequality across different Muslim countries.

scholarly journals The Fragility of Women’s Work Trajectories in Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Rosario Undurraga ◽  
Jóna Gunnarsson
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Women Professionals ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Labor Market Segmentation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chilean Women

How are the work trajectories of Chilean women? This qualitative study analyzes the female work trajectories through interviews and biograms in a sample of 50 Chilean women, professionals and non-professionals, between the ages of 24 and 88. The article proposes an original typology of female work trajectories and relates type of work trajectory with Piore’s theory of labor market segmentation. The paper discusses the challenges and weaknesses of the Chilean women’s labor outcome and presents recent data to extrapolate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable work trajectories. It considers the type of State and possible actions to achieve greater welfare and social development regarding gender equality.

Progress without Progressives? The Effects of Development on Women's Educational and Political Equality in Cultural Context, 1980 to 2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade M. Cole ◽  
Claudia Geist
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Political Equality ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Legacies ◽  
And Gender

Researchers often attribute diminishing gender inequality to economic development. When different aspects of gender inequality are examined, however, evidence points to both cross-national convergence as well as persistent (or even growing) heterogeneity in women's status. To make sense of this contradiction, we examine the extent to which culture moderates the relationship between economic development and gender inequality. We consider two dimensions of gender inequality, gender gaps in educational attainment and women's share of parliament, using data for 150 countries between 1980 and 2010. We find convergence toward greater equality in education, independently of economic development. But cross-cultural differences in female political representation persist or even grow as a function of economic development. Our results imply that economic development is not a direct pathway to greater gender equality. Rather, cultural legacies play an important role in shaping developmental trajectories.

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