| dc.contributor.author | Brusentsev, Vera. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:35:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ57359 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55708 | |
| dc.description | This study examines cross-national variation in the labour force participation of married women in Australia, Canada and the United States of America (USA), three countries of similar socio-economic development, in order to offer an explanation for the observed differences in their labour market behaviour. While cross-national variation in labour force participation may be explained by a number of factors, two are explored in this study: different labour market effects attributable to the structure of unemployment compensation (UC) programs; and different preferences for paid employment. | en_US |
| dc.description | Initially, a basic model of female labour force participation is presented using data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). Following a decomposition of variation, the study addresses some of the differences in the structural parameters of UC programs. Until July 1995, the basis of entitlement to the unemployment assistance (UA) program in Australia was the family. The empirical study assesses the indirect effect of the means test on family income on the labour force participation of married women in Australia compared to North America. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that differences in labour market effects are an important factor in explaining cross-national variation in the labour force participation. Moreover, married women in Australia are more responsive to the unemployment experience of partners than married women in either Canada or the USA. | en_US |
| dc.description | Female preferences for labour market employment are explored using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). While married women with more traditional values concerning the family are not likely to participate in the labour market in all three countries, there are more of these women in Australia. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that differences in values concerning the family and preferences for paid employment are significant factors in explaining cross-national variation in female labour force participation. | en_US |
| dc.description | All in all, the results of this study show that both different labour market effects and different preferences for paid employment helped to account for cross-national differences in female labour force participation rates in the reference year: 1989--90 for Australia; 1991 for both Canada and the USA. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 1999. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women's Studies. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economics, Labor. | en_US |
| dc.title | A comparison of the labour market participation of married women in three countries: Australia, Canada and the United States of America. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
