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dc.contributor.authorMustosmäki, Armi
dc.contributor.authorReisel, Liza
dc.contributor.authorSihto, Tiina
dc.contributor.authorTeigen, Mari
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-09T13:02:32Z
dc.date.available2021-11-09T13:02:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationMustosmäki, A., Reisel, L., Sihto, T., & Teigen, M. (2021). Gendered Labor Market (dis)advantages in Nordic Welfare States : Introduction to the Theme of the Special Issue. <i>Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies</i>, <i>11</i>(S7), 1-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.132537" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.132537</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_101782681
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78561
dc.description.abstractGender equality has been named as one of the normative foundations of Nordic wel- fare states. This is reflected in how, year after year, Nordic states rank among the most gender egalitarian countries in the world (see, e.g., World Economic Forum 2020). In Nordic countries, the state has been, and continues to be, a central actor in shaping women’s citizenship, labor market opportunities, and caring roles. Especially publicly funded welfare services and policies that facilitate the reconciliation of work and care have played a major part in advancing women’s labor market participation (see, e.g., Bergquist et al. 1999; Borchorst & Siim 2002; Ellingsæter & Leira 2006; Siim & Stoltz 2015). The institutional framework of Nordic welfare state policies has been central to what has been called the ‘social democratic public service route’ (Walby 2004). One of the important building blocks of gender equality has been the aim of making policies in Nordic countries ‘women-friendly’. More than 30 years ago, Helga Hernes (1987) identified the Nordic countries as ‘potentially women-friendly societies’. She characterized women-friendly societies as those that ‘would not force harder choices on women than on men’ (ibid., 15), particularly in relation to work and care. Hernes also envisaged that woman-friendliness should be achieved without increasing other forms of inequality, such as class or ethnicity-based inequalities among different groups of women. However, achieving gender equality in working life and the sort of women- friendliness that Hernes envisaged at the societal level has in many ways also proved to be challenging, as the ties between the state and gender equality goals are more complex than what they might seem at first glance. Gender disparities have proven persistent also within the Nordic context. When we issued a call for this special issue, we were interested in various forms of gendered labor market (dis)advantage in Nordic countries. Furthermore, we asked how gender segregation, welfare state policies, labor market policies, and various labor market actors interact to produce, maintain, challenge, or change gender equality in the labor market in the Nordic countries and beyond. The five articles presented in this special issue address the issue of gendered labor market (dis)advantages in Nordic countries from several vantage points, focusing on both on ‘traditional’ questions, such as corporate power and sustainable employment, and ‘emerging’ questions such as intersectionality, gender culture, and aesthetic work.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherVIA University College
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.othergender
dc.subject.otherlabor market
dc.subject.otherwelfare states
dc.titleGendered Labor Market (dis)advantages in Nordic Welfare States : Introduction to the Theme of the Special Issue
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202111095583
dc.contributor.laitosYhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Social Sciences and Philosophyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineIkääntymisen ja hoivan tutkimuksen huippuyksikköfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineYhteiskuntapolitiikkafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineHyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisöfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Careen
dc.contributor.oppiaineSocial and Public Policyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineSchool of Wellbeingen
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dc.description.reviewstatusnonPeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange1-9
dc.relation.issn2245-0157
dc.relation.numberinseriesS7
dc.relation.volume11
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2021 Authors and Journal
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dc.subject.ysosukupuoli
dc.subject.ysosukupuolittuminen
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dc.subject.ysotyöelämä
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dc.relation.doi10.18291/njwls.132537
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