Gender Differences in Occupational-Career Interruptions

This book addresses the following research question:
are there cross-national gender differences in the
patterns and consequences of occupational-career
interruptions? Interruptions include unemployment,
illness/disability, parental leave, household time,
care for other, schooling, retirement, and military
service. To account for cross-national differences, I
analyze panel survey data for the each country, U.S.,
Sweden, and Poland. Statistical techniques include
descriptive statistics and change models. The
results suggest a gendered nature to most
interruptions. Interruptions can be gender-neutral
(schooling, retirement, unemployment, and illness),
female-specific (parental leave, household time, and
caring for others), or male-specific (military
service). Women and men experience variation in the
consequences of the interruptions, depending on the
interruption and institutional context. The greatest
amount of gender equality in the wage consequences
for unemployment and illness in Sweden, the least
amount of gender equality in Poland, and in the
United States, there is less gender equality than in
Sweden but more than in Poland.

Autorentext
Rachel E. Lovell, Ph.D. Studied sociology at The Ohio State University. Researcher at Learning Point Associates, Chicago, IL, USA.

Klappentext
This book addresses the following research question: are there cross-national gender differences in the patterns and consequences of occupational-career interruptions? Interruptions include unemployment, illness/disability, parental leave, household time, care for other, schooling, retirement, and military service. To account for cross-national differences, I analyze panel survey data for the each country, U.S., Sweden, and Poland. Statistical techniques include descriptive statistics and change models. The results suggest a gendered nature to most interruptions. Interruptions can be gender-neutral (schooling, retirement, unemployment, and illness), female-specific (parental leave, household time, and caring for others), or male-specific (military service). Women and men experience variation in the consequences of the interruptions, depending on the interruption and institutional context. The greatest amount of gender equality in the wage consequences for unemployment and illness in Sweden, the least amount of gender equality in Poland, and in the United States, there is less gender equality than in Sweden but more than in Poland.