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Good, bad and very bad part-time jobs for women? Re-examining the importance of occupational class for job quality since the ‘great recession’ in Britain

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Warren, Tracey and Lyonette, Clare (2018) Good, bad and very bad part-time jobs for women? Re-examining the importance of occupational class for job quality since the ‘great recession’ in Britain. Work, Employment and Society, 32 (4). pp. 747-767. doi:10.1177/0950017018762289 ISSN 1469-8722.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018762289

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Abstract

Britain has long stood out in Europe for its extensive but low quality part-time labour market dominated by women workers, who are concentrated in lower-level jobs demanding few skills and low levels of education, offering lower wage rates and restricted advancement opportunities. This article explores trends in part-time job quality for women up to and beyond the recession of 2008/9, and asks whether post-recessionary job quality remains differentiated by occupational class. A pre-recessionary narrowing of the part-time/full-time gap in job quality appears to have been maintained for the women in higher level part-time jobs, while part- and full-timers in lower-level jobs suffered the worst effects of the recession, signalling deepening occupational class inequalities among working women.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Part-time employment -- Women -- Great Britain, Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Journal or Publication Title: Work, Employment and Society
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1469-8722
Official Date: 1 August 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
1 August 2018Published
25 May 2018Available
18 January 2018Accepted
Volume: 32
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 747-767
DOI: 10.1177/0950017018762289
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 14 June 2018
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