Gender inequalities in European unemployment benefit systems

Maria Jepsen and Danièle Meulders

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Abstract: The most important structural change which has occurred on the labour market over the past 30 years is the sustained and continued growth of female labour supply. Two-earner couples have become a majority in most European countries and lone parents, mostly women, are also on the rise. On the other hand, since 1975, labour market policies have altered the quality and nature of employment in Europe by promoting atypical forms of employment where women are overrepresented. The analysis has shown us that atypical employment results in restricted access to unemployment benefits. Moreover, combining the presence of more stringent conditions with derived rights results in more and more women being dependent upon their spouses for financial as well as social protection and can even have a disincentive effect on formal labour market participation. © 1997 Wiley. All rights reserved.

Date: 1997-10
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Published in: International Social Security Review (1997) v.50 n° 4,p.43-61

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