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dc.contributor.authorRussell, Helen
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, Philip J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-16T15:44:00Z
dc.date.available2011-11-16T15:44:00Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationRussell, Helen; O'Connell, Philip J. 'Women returning to employment, education and training in Ireland: an analysis of transitions'. - Economic & Social Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-25, Dublin: Economic & Social Research Institute
dc.identifier.issn0012-9984
dc.identifier.otherJEL L25
dc.identifier.otherJEL J21
dc.identifier.otherJEL J16
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/60726
dc.description.abstractRecent improvements in the Irish labour market have led to a substantial increase in the labour force participation rate of women in Ireland. Part of this increase has been fuelled by women moving from the home into paid employment. Much of the existing research on labour market activity among Irish women has focused on cross-sectional analyses of the stock of labour market participants. In this paper we aim to address some of the gaps in the literature by investigating the transition from home to work, and from home to education, training and employment schemes among women in Ireland during the period 1994 to 1999. We adopt a dynamic approach by drawing on the nationally representative longitudinal data in the Living in Ireland Survey. This allows us to provide, for the first time, a representative profile of returners, and to formally model the transition process in terms of supply and demand factors. The analysis also investigates the factors associated with the return to part-versus full-time work. Our analysis reveals that about one-quarter of those engaged full-time in home duties in 1994 had made a transition to paid work within the six-year period 1994-1999. The study identifies a number of key factors that influence the transition from home to work or education, training and employment schemes, including, on the supply side, age, education, previous work experience, time out of the labour force, and the presence of young children in the household, and on the demand side, macro-economic conditions and urban versus rural residence.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEconomic & Social Studies
dc.relation.ispartofVol.XX, No. XX, Issue, Year
dc.sourceEconomic & Social Reviewen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectLabour marketen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectTrainingen
dc.subjectEmploymenten
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleWomen returning to employment, education and training in Ireland: an analysis of transitions
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.publisher.placeDublinen


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