Redressing Gender Inequality in Employment: the National and Sub-regional Policy ‘Fit’

Sally-Anne Barnes, Anne Green, Michael Orton and Jenny Bimrose
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Sally-Anne Barnes: Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Anne Green: Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Michael Orton: Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Jenny Bimrose: Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Local Economy, 2005, vol. 20, issue 2, 154-167

Abstract: This article examines the ‘fit’ between policy development regarding gender inequality in employment at sub-regional and national (UK) level, in particular focusing on the experience of women. Drawing on research undertaken in Coventry and Warwickshire, the article explores the question of how policy development at sub-regional level fits with national policy, and whether the sub-region is an appropriate, or effective, level at which to develop policy on gender inequality in employment. It is argued that while there needs to be recognition of the limited ability of sub-regional policy to confront structural issues, policy development at this level does offer potential strengths in redressing both gender inequality in employment and the relative lack of a gender dimension in local economic development.

Keywords: Local economic development; policy formation; gender inequality; sub-regional policy; labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1080/02690940500053325

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