Sex-specific labour market indicators: what they show

Sara Elder; Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson

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Sex-specific labour market indicators: what they show

Sara Elder and Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson

International labour review, Vol.138(4), pp.447-464

1999

Abstract

sexual division of labour

women workers

men

employment

labour market

labour force participation

employment status

occupational structure

part time employment

wages

educational level

unemployment

underemployment

informal economy

developed countries

developing countries

Describes worldwide trends in gender issues that emerge from an ILO project known as Key Indicators of the labour market (KILM). Assembled from several existing compilations, the data suggest that, worldwide, women's experience of the labour market is substantially different from men's.

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Title: Sex-specific labour market indicators; what they show
Creators: Sara Elder
Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson
Contributors: International Labour Office
Publication Details: International labour review, Vol.138(4), pp.447-464
Publisher: International Labour Office; Geneva
Date published: 1999
ISSN: 1564-913X; 0020-7780
Language: English
Asset Type: journal article
Record Identifier: 995242608702676