Livanos, Ilias, Yalkin, Çagri and Nuñez, Imanol (2009) Gender employment discrimination : Greece and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Manpower, Vol.30 (No.8). pp. 815-834. doi:10.1108/01437720911004443

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Abstract

Purpose: This study examines the factors affecting the labour market status of females in Greece and the UK respectively, and also attempts to explore what accounts for the differences in the employment status between males and females. In particular, the study assesses whether these differences can be explained by employees’ endowments or by discrimination in the labour market.
Methodology-Approach: Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are used to examine the impact of observable characteristics on female labour market participation,unemployment and self-employment through the use of logit models. An extension of
the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition technique is used to estimate the gender employment discrimination gap.
Findings: Clear evidence of gender differences was found in both countries, although differences are substantially larger in the case of Greece. Evidence of female
employment discrimination was also found in both labour markets.
Originality/Value: The paper explores the factors affecting the labour market situation of females, and for the first time, assesses the level of gender employment
discrimination in Greece and the UK analysing the differences on the unemployment rates of males and females.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Discrimination in employment, Women -- Employment -- Greece, Women -- Employment -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Manpower
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN:	0143-7720
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.30
Number:	No.8
Page Range:	pp. 815-834
DOI:	10.1108/01437720911004443
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Spain. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC)
Grant number:	SEC2007-67737-C03-02/ECON (MEC)

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