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Gender and Work
Christine L. Williams,Megan Tobias Neely +1 more
- pp 209-231
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This paper reviewed the limited research on how the rise of precarious employment in the United States has impacted men and women and analyzed the gender implications of policies designed to address precariousness, and set an agenda for future research on gender inequality and precarious work.Abstract:
Over the past 30 years, the US labor market has undergone fundamental structural changes In the past, loyal and hardworking employees could expect to spend their entire careers working for a single employer But starting in the 1980s, globalization, deregulation, and the decline of unions transformed this standard employment contract between workers and employers Today, employment has become more precarious, unstable, and insecure This essay reviews the limited research on how the rise of precarious employment in the United States has impacted men and women We also analyze the gender implications of policies designed to address precariousness, and set an agenda for future research on gender inequality and precarious work
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precarious work;
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