Gender and Labour Market Performance in the Recovery

Helen Robinson

Chapter 15 in The Labour Market Under New Labour, 2003, pp 232-247 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The average gender employment gap has not changed during the economic recovery. The mean gender pay gap has continued to narrow from 26 per cent to 23 per cent from 1994 to 2002. However, the gender pay gap for part-time work is not narrowing. The pay gap is partly the result of discontinuous patterns of labour force participation of women. Many mothers are outside the labour market in their 20s and 30s when their male counterparts are experiencing substantial wage growth. Women continue to be under-represented in some high-paid occupations and over-represented in other low paid occupations. This situation has not changed notably in recent years. The gender job tenure gap has narrowed (partly in response to maternity leave provision and Working Families Tax Credit — WFTC). Minimum wage legislation has had some effect on reducing low pay and gender pay inequality. There is also some evidence of an impact of Working Families Tax Credit.

Keywords: Employment Rate; Hourly Wage; Maternity Leave; Wage Distribution; Labour Market Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230598454_16

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