Women's access to occupations with authority, influence and decision- making power

Anker, Richard,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Scrutinizes and analyses the extent to which legislators and senior government officials, and managers in private establishments in developed, transition and developing economies around the world are women. Finds that feminisation of these occupations is not positively related to a country's development level as measured by GDP per capita, i.e. that economic development and accompanying increases in education and other factors are not sufficient to significantly alter gender stereotypes.

Keywords: woman manager; equal employment opportunity.; gender equality; civil servant; private enterprise; sexual division of labour; gross domestic product; femme cadre; égalité des chances dans l'emploi; égalité des genres; fonctionnaire; entreprise privée; division du travail basée sur le sexe; produit intérieur brut; empresaria; igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo; igualdad de géneros; funcionario; empresa privada; división del trabajo por sexo; producto interno bruto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 79 pages
Date: 2005
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