Career paths and social regulation: women’s care work between children and the elderly

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Roberto Rizza, Federica Santangelo
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/135 Language Italian
Pages 16 P. 126-141 File size 105 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2014-135008
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This article focus on the dynamics of female employment and on the influence of work-life balance policies on women’s activity rate in Italy. The dataset chosen, "Turning points of career paths from a gender perspective" (Crisog), has the advantage of observing both changes in career paths and in the household, during a period of four years. It also provides detailed information about the barriers to the stay of women in the labor market. From a methodological point of view, it has been carried out a event history analysis, to investigate transitions of women from activity to inactivity in the Italian labour market.

Keywords: Women, work, work-life balance policies, transitions, child care, elderly care

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Roberto Rizza, Federica Santangelo, Scelte occupazionali e regolazione: il lavoro di cura delle donne fra bambini e anziani in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 135/2014, pp 126-141, DOI: 10.3280/SL2014-135008