Women on the Polish labor market
| Titel: | Women on the Polish labor market / Mike Ingham ; Hilary Ingham ; Henryk Domański |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Budapest : CEU Press, 2001 |
| Umfang: | XXII, 333 S. : graph. Darst. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 963924113X ; 9639241148 |
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- Contributors
- p. xi
- List of Figures
- p. xiii
- List of Tables
- p. xv
- List of Maps
- p. xix
- Preface
- p. xxi
- Chapter 1
- Women On The Labor Market: Poland's Second Great Transformation
- p. 1
- Historical Context: Gender Relations under Socialism
- p. 2
- The Turning Point?
- p. 5
- The Problems Confronting Women
- p. 7
- Participation in the Labor Force
- p. 7
- Segregation by Sex
- p. 9
- Unemployment
- p. 10
- Inequality of Earnings
- p. 11
- Mobilization and Articulation of Collective Interests
- p. 12
- The Structure of the Book
- p. 13
- References
- p. 17
- Chapter 2
- On The Appreciated Role Of Women
- p. 21
- The Ambiguous Heritage of the Past
- p. 22
- The Ambiguous Consequences of Democracy and Backlash
- p. 31
- What about the Future?
- p. 36
- Notes
- p. 37
- References
- p. 37
- Chapter 3
- Gender And Labor Market Change: What Do The Official Statistics Show?
- p. 41
- Participation
- p. 42
- Employment
- p. 45
- Employment by Sector and Ownership
- p. 48
- Hours of Work
- p. 52
- Earnings
- p. 55
- Unemployment
- p. 60
- Registration Data
- p. 61
- LFS Data
- p. 67
- Conclusion
- p. 70
- Notes
- p. 71
- References
- p. 73
- Chapter 4
- Demographic And Labor Market Developments In The 1990s
- p. 77
- Demographic Developments in Poland
- p. 78
- Changes in the Age Structure
- p. 79
- Fertility and Nuptiality
- p. 80
- Mortality
- p. 89
- Internal Migration
- p. 90
- International Migration
- p. 91
- Labor Market Developments
- p. 92
- Economic Activity
- p. 95
- Changes in Employment and its Structure
- p. 96
- Unemployment
- p. 99
- Concluding Remarks
- p. 104
- Notes
- p. 107
- References
- p. 108
- Chapter 5
- Social Mobility In Six East European Nations
- p. 111
- What Might Change?
- p. 114
- Data and Variables
- p. 118
- Total Mobility Rates in the 1980s and 1990s
- p. 119
- Inter-country Comparisons
- p. 120
- Promotion
- p. 120
- Openness
- p. 123
- Inflows to Business and Supervisory Positions
- p. 134
- Conclusion
- p. 139
- Notes
- p. 141
- References
- p. 141
- Appendix to Chapter 5
- p. 143
- Appendix Table A5.1
- Odds-Ratios Lower Supervisors vs. Subordinates: 1983, 1988 and 1993
- p. 143
- Appendix Table A5.2
- Distributions by EGP Socio-occupational Strata: Women (%)
- p. 144
- Table Appendix A5.3
- Distributions by EGP Socio-occupational Strata: Men (%)
- p. 145
- Chapter 6
- Gender And Success In Life
- p. 147
- The Effects of Socio-economic and Occupational Status
- p. 148
- Education
- p. 149
- Occupation
- p. 149
- Material and Housing Conditions
- p. 151
- Self-Assessment of Socio-economic Status
- p. 152
- The Meaning of Success in Life
- p. 153
- Value Systems
- p. 153
- Success in Life Defined
- p. 154
- Overall Assessment of Life
- p. 155
- Success in Life: Barriers and Springs
- p. 157
- Family Environment
- p. 158
- Educational Career
- p. 160
- Occupational Career
- p. 161
- First Job: Dreams
- p. 161
- First Job: Age at Take-up and Type
- p. 163
- Number of Regular Jobs
- p. 163
- Occupational Careers: Past, Present and Future Jobs
- p. 163
- Family Situation and Social Relations
- p. 165
- Health and Personality
- p. 168
- Conclusion
- p. 170
- Notes
- p. 170
- References
- p. 172
- Appendix to Chapter 6
- p. 174
- Appendix Table A6.1
- Operationalization of the Psychological Variables
- p. 174
- Chapter 7
- Stereotypes: Opinions Of Female Entrepreneurs In Poland
- p. 177
- Stereotypes of Male and Female Business Owners
- p. 179
- Management Skills of Male and Female Business Owners
- p. 182
- Help and Hindrance for Female Entrepreneurs
- p. 183
- Perceptions of the Success of Women Business Owners
- p. 184
- Is a Business Career Suitable for a Woman?
- p. 186
- Summary and Conclusions
- p. 188
- Notes
- p. 191
- References
- p. 192
- Chapter 8
- Women's Organizations In Poland
- p. 193
- Dynamics
- p. 194
- A Picture of the Polish Women's Movement
- p. 197
- Constituents of Women's Organizations
- p. 200
- The Territorial Distribution of Women's Organizations in Poland
- p. 205
- Activities of Polish Women's Organizations
- p. 206
- Ideological-political Field
- p. 207
- Socio-economic Field
- p. 211
- Summary and Conclusion
- p. 215
- Notes
- p. 216
- References
- p. 218
- Appendix to Chapter 8
- p. 219
- Appendix Table A8.1
- Women's Organizations
- p. 219
- Chapter 9
- The Participation And Power Of Women In Public Life
- p. 221
- Women in Polish National Politics: Fact and Prospect
- p. 222
- Women and the Economic Elite
- p. 228
- The Gender Composition of Higher Management: A Survey
- p. 232
- Concluding Discussion
- p. 234
- Notes
- p. 235
- References
- p. 236
- Chapter 10
- Gender And Earnings: A Regional Approach
- p. 239
- A Portrait of Spatial and Gender Earnings Differentiation
- p. 241
- Modeling Spatial Variation in Gender Earnings Inequality
- p. 249
- Industrial Mix
- p. 250
- Private-Public Sector Mix
- p. 250
- Hours of Work
- p. 250
- Firm Size
- p. 251
- Relative Labor Supply
- p. 251
- Labor Mobility/Market Openness
- p. 251
- Regional Diversification
- p. 252
- Omitted Variables
- p. 252
- Variable Definitions, Menmonics and Sources
- p. 253
- Earnings
- p. 253
- Industrial Mix
- p. 253
- Sector Mix
- p. 253
- Female-to-Male Hours of Work
- p. 253
- Female Relative Labor Supply
- p. 254
- Employment in Large Firms
- p. 254
- Labor Mobility
- p. 254
- Regional Diversification
- p. 254
- Estimation
- p. 255
- Model Restrictions and Residual Analysis
- p. 259
- Conclusion
- p. 263
- Notes
- p. 264
- References
- p. 265
- Chapter 11
- Agricultural Change And The Labor Market Status Of Women
- p. 269
- Theoretical Perspectives
- p. 270
- The Prison of the Internal Market: Women in Traditional Agriculture
- p. 272
- Entering the External Market: Women in Modernizing Agriculture
- p. 274
- Between Internal and External Markets: Rural Women During the Post-communist Transition
- p. 280
- Conclusion
- p. 285
- Notes
- p. 285
- References
- p. 286
- Chapter 12
- Women And Labor Market Reform In Krakow
- p. 289
- Perceptions of the Impacts of Change
- p. 293
- Employment
- p. 297
- Unemployment
- p. 302
- Perceptions of Women as Employees
- p. 305
- Summary and Concluding Remarks
- p. 306
- Notes
- p. 309
- References
- p. 311
- Index
- p. 315
