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- Title
The impact of the crisis and austerity on low educated working women: The cases of Spain and Portugal.
- Authors
Távora, Isabel; Rodríguez‐Modroño, Paula
- Abstract
This article investigates the impact of the recent economic crisis and associated austerity agenda on working low educated women in Portugal and Spain. It draws firstly on a comparative analysis of Eurostat Labour Force Survey data, recent reform to the labour market and care policy; secondly, on qualitative research exploring changes in low educated women's employment, family arrangements and values. The findings reveal that in both countries low educated women maintained their labour market attachment but faced increased risks of labour market exclusion, precarity and low pay. However, the weight of women's household income contributions increased in the context of male unemployment and earnings insecurity, which reinforced women's work attachment. Moreover, employment appeared critical to women's identity and associated with egalitarian values. Despite greater protection of equality policies and welfare support for dual‐earner families in Portugal, the evidence suggests a negative impact of austerity on work–family reconciliation opportunities for low educated women in both countries.
- Subjects
AUSTERITY; COMPARATIVE studies; LABOR market; EQUALITY policy; JOB security
- Publication
Gender, Work & Organization, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 6, p621
- ISSN
0968-6673
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/gwao.12238