Gender inequalities in job quality during the recession

Ficapal‐Cusí, Pilar; Díaz-Chao, Ángel; Sainz-Ibáñez, Milagros; Torrent‐Sellens, Joan

doi:10.1108/er-07-2016-0139

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“…The characteristics of the sample are particularly relevant because the participants were mainly from disadvantaged social groups with respect to the digital sphere and the labour market. Women from older generations and with a low level of education experience the widest digital gaps (Arroyo & Valenduc, 2016; van Deursen & van Dijk, 2014) as well as the most precarious conditions in the labour market, which has deteriorated due to the economic crisis (Ficapal, Díaz, Sáinz, & Torrens, 2018;Torns & Recio, 2012).…”

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Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective

Arroyo

2020

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The implications of digital technologies for the transformation of gender relations and identities have been discussed since the early days of the internet. Although gender studies have identified clear gender gaps in terms of digital inclusion as well as potentialities for the transformation of women’s subjectivity, there is a lack of empirical evidence of the impact of digitalization in terms of time use from a gender perspective. Public policies have begun to address the digital gender gap, but the incorporation of a gender perspective in digital inclusion programmes which promotes women’s emancipation by challenging the gender division of time through use of the internet has been not incorporated in the digital policies agenda. This article aims to provide empirical evidence of the mutual interrelation between the time allocation and digital inclusion from a gender perspective. It considers how gender inequalities in time use shape women’s experience of digital inclusion and, at the same time, how digital inclusion promotes the reconfiguration of time in women’s everyday lives. Qualitative analysis based on episodic interviews explored the representations and practices of internet use by women in their everyday lives. The sample was made up of 32 women who were digitally included through a lifelong learning programme in Spain and had experienced the effects of the Spanish economic crisis. The article argues that digital inclusion does not automatically lead to a more egalitarian allocation of time use for women, but rather places greater value on women’s free time.

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Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective

Arroyo

2020

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“…In this sense, women become a buffer against systemic crises (Seguino, 2009). Following this argumentation line, in Spain, there was an adverse widening gap in all dimensions of work quality (intrinsic job quality; work organization and workplace relationships; working conditions, work intensity and health and safety at work; and extrinsic rewards) for women during the economic crisis of 2008 (Bartoll and Ramos, 2020; Ficapal-Cusí et al , 2018). All these arguments can lead us to believe that the causes of these inequalities are systemic and consistent over time and do not belong to the individual causes of a specific moment.…”

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Labour attitudes towards gender equity in Spain: the role of education throughout an economic cycle

Gil-Lacruz

Gil‐Lacruz

Bernal

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the background and consequences of the Spanish job market on the employment conditions of Spanish women and on underlying attitudes on gender role in the working environment. Design/methodology/approach From the European Social Survey (2004, 2008, 2010, 2016), the authors draw a sample of 3,706 individuals aged from 25 to 64 years old living in Spain. The sample allows the authors to make estimations from several aggregation levels depending on gender (men and women) and generational cohort (baby boom and X generation). Findings Education improves the perception of women’s work among both men and women. The role of education is especially interesting for older people. Educational levels help women adapt to a changing context, promote female participation in the job market and protect them from unemployment situations. This study demonstrates that both gender and generational cohort moderate the impact of education on gender labour attitudes and working status. Research limitations/implications Finally, this work is not exempt from limitations. For example, the use of cross sections does not allow the authors to obtain a richer set of causal relationships than the use of panel data would allow them. In addition, it would be interesting to replicate the study of gender labour attitudes among human resource managers and workers to have a broader view of what happens within companies. Originality/value The main contribution to the state of the art is to demonstrate that both gender and generational cohort moderate the impact of education on gender labour attitudes and working status. In addition, this study analyses whether gender labour attitudes change throughout the economic cycles, because population characteristics change (endowment effect) and/or because the same characteristics have different impacts (coefficient effect).

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“…Crisis situations can negatively impact groups already stigmatized and disadvantaged in society. Financial crises have been associated with subsequent increases in economic inequality (Atkinson & Morelli, 2011), and can exacerbate existing inequalities in terms of gender (Ficapal-Cusi et al, 2017), race (Masterson et al, 2019), and age (Neumark & Button, 2014). The unprecedented depth and breadth of the impact of COVID-19 may present a unique set of circumstances for intergroup inequality to thrive and deepen.…”

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Social attitudes and behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence and prospects from research on group processes and intergroup relations

Krings

Steeden

Abrams

et al. 2021

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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The impact of COVID-19 on our way of life is yet to be fully understood. However, social psychology theory and research offer insights into its effect on social attitudes and behaviors, and here we gather the views of a unique group of experts in group processes and intergroup relations. Group processes and intergroup relations are major factors in social resilience and change arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This special issue was developed to foreground the crucial role of group processes and intergroup relations in the COVID-19 pandemic. This article provides an overview of the areas explored in the special issue. First, we focus on the impact on societies, covering the evolution of intergroup processes during the pandemic, leadership, social connectedness, cultural differences in responses, and social development. Second, we turn to intergroup inequality and focus on gender inequality, ageism, xenophobia, and racial bias during COVID-19. Third, we explore worldviews during the pandemic, specifically conspiracy theories, science skepticism, and existential threat. Finally, we focus on the pandemic’s impact on behaviors, covering virtual working, social activism, virtual ostracism, and conformity and deviance. We finish with a discussion of the value of social psychology in helping us understand the impact of COVID-19 on social attitudes and behavior. As this special issue shows, group processes and intergroup relations are central to the ways that individuals and society is dealing with the challenges of this pandemic.

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Gender inequalities in job quality during the recession

Cited by 12 publications

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Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective

Implications of Digital Inclusion: Digitalization in Terms of Time Use from a Gender Perspective

Labour attitudes towards gender equity in Spain: the role of education throughout an economic cycle

Social attitudes and behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence and prospects from research on group processes and intergroup relations

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