Job Quality and Gender Inequality

Key Changes in Québec over the Last Decade

Bibliographic Data

ID12967293
AuthorsLuc Cloutier (Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author), Pauline Bernard (0009-0003-6579-9749, Université de Montréal), Diane‐gabrielle Tremblay (0000-0002-3343-9146, Université du Québec à Montréal)
Year2010
Volume3
Issue2
Pages191-212
Publication date2010-01-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-4788 • E-ISSN: 1911-4788
PublisherBrock University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26522/ssj.v3i2.1015
OpenAlexW1576876514
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Using a new typology based on information available from the Labour Force Survey, the authors analyse how job quality evolved in Québec for both women and men over the last decade (1997-2007). Results show that family situation and educational attainment are two important factors in the determination of gender inequality in the labour market. The analysis emphasizes the very significant decline in gender differences with regard to job quality (from 23% to 35% according to groups), especially for persons without children and individuals who achieved higher education. The changes represent a definite progress in the status of women in general, although some indicators also reveal degradation with respect to job quality in some of the sub-groups

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Gender inequality · Inequality · Labour economics · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Typology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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