Discussion Papers no. 613
Underemployment in a gender segregated labour market
This article analyses factors behind underemployment in Norway and has a focus on gender. The analysis, based on Labour Force Survey data, shows that economic fluctuations during the latest one and a half decade bring about changing underemployment levels of both women and men. The Norwegian labour market is strongly gender segregated and the processes and characteristics of underemployment differ between male and female dominated labour market sectors. The former sectors are generally more exposed or sensitive to economic fluctuations than the latter. It is indicated that underemployed men are predominantly temporarily expelled on part-time basis from their jobs, while women are to a larger extent permanently excluded from longer working-hour contracts in their jobs..
Om publikasjonen
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Underemployment in a gender segregated labour market
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Randi Kjeldstad, Erik H. Nymoen
- Serie og -nummer
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Discussion Papers no. 613
- Utgiver
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Statistics Norway, Research Department
- Emne
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Discussion Papers
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26
- Målform
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Engelsk
- Om Discussion Papers
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Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.
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