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- Title
The Effects of Part-Time Work on Women's Occupational Mobility in Britain: Evidence from the 1958 Birth Cohort Study.
- Authors
Dex, Shirley; Bukodi, Erzsébet
- Abstract
The effects of working part time on job downgrading and upgrading are examined over the life course of British women born in 1958. We use longitudinal data with complete work histories from a large-scale nationally representative cohort study. Occupations were ranked by their hourly average earnings. Analyses show a strong link between full-time/part-time transitions and downward and upward occupational mobility over the course of up to thirty years of employment. Probabilities of occupational mobility were affected by women's personal traits, occupational characteristics and demand-side factors. Downward mobility on moving from full-time to part-time work was more likely for women at the top levels of the occupational hierarchy working in male-dominated or mixed occupations and less likely in higher occupations with more part-time jobs available.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; WOMEN'S employment; LABOR; LABOR mobility; OCCUPATIONS
- Publication
National Institute Economic Review, 2012, Vol 222, pR20
- ISSN
0027-9501
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/002795011222200103