Women and work

by Chaykowski, Richard P., (Richard Paul) Powell, Lisa M., (Lisa Marie)

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Title Statements

Full title :Women and work / [editors, Richard P. Chaykowski and Lisa M. Powell].

Summary

Women and Work offers analyses of women and the labour market with respect to a wide range of topics that include technological change, skill requirements, and training; income security programs and work decisions of lone parents; the dynamics of welfare participation; school-to-work transitions; equality legislation; and collective bargaining, remuneration, and workplace benefits. Contributors include Gordon Betcherman (Canadian Policy Research Networks and Ekos Research associates), Marie-Thérèse Chicha (Université de Montréal), Ross Finnie (Queen's University and Statistics Canada), John Greenwood (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation), Andrew Jackson (Canadian Labour Congress), Constantine Kapsalis (Data Probe Economic Consulting), Darren Lauzon (HRDC and Statistics Canada), Norm Leckie (Ekos Research Associates), Brenda Lipsett (Human Resources Development Canada), Mark Reesor (Human Resources Development Canada), Ted Wannell (Statistics Canada), Caroline L. Weber (Queen's University), and Iik Urla Zeytinolu (McMaster University).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press
Place of Publication:Montreal
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1999.

Notes

Proceedings of a conference held at John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University, April 5-7, 1998.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780773574236, 0773574239, 0889118086, 9780889118089
oclc:ocn229431520
LC Classification:HD6099
Dewey Decimal:331.4/0971

The gender earnings gap amongst Canadian Bachelor's level university graduates : a cross-cohort, longitudinal analysis / Ross Finnie and Ted Wannell -- Women and men's entitlement to workplace benefits : the influence of work arrangements / Brenda Lipsett and Mark Reesor -- Technological change, organization change and skill requirements : impacts on women in the workforce / Gordon Betcherman, Darren Lauzon and Norm Leckie -- The effect of computer skills and training on salaries : a study of male and female industrial relations and human resource management professionals / Caroline L. Weber and Isik Urla Zeytinoǧlu -- The self-sufficiency project : what have we learned so far? / John Greenwood -- The dynamics of welfare participation in Quebec / Jean-Yves Duclos [and others] -- Social assistance and the employment rate of lone mothers : an analysis of Ontario's live experiment / Constantine Kapsalis -- Unions, collective bargaining and labour market outcomes for Canadian working women : past gains and future challenges / Andrew Jackson and Grant Schellenberg -- The impact of labour market transformations on the effectiveness of laws promoting workplace gender equity / Marie-Thérè…

Subjects

Actes de congrès BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor Canada Conference papers and proceedings e-books Femmes -- Congrès. -- Travail -- Canada Livres numériques Personnel féminin POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial… Women -- Congresses. -- Employment -- C… Women -- Employment Women employees