A Country's Welfare System's Influence on Patterns of Part Time Work

Impact of National Welfare System on Part-Time Labor Model Introduction Part-time employment has been rapidly expanding in all OECD countries since the 1970s, and especially in the 1980s. The general trend of part-time work is seen in each country: it is usually associated with marginal employment; that expansion occurs simultaneously with the period of industrial restructuring and the growth of women in the labor market. In 1994, women in 12 out of 15 EU countries accounted for 70% of part-time workers.

A brief description of the factors affecting women's employment rates and patterns in Europe helps to understand the current important position of part-time work in all discussions on women's employment in the EU. The most obvious feature of part-time work is that it is an atypical employment form that mainly affects women. About 80% of part time jobs in Europe are women. In the following section, we will use part-time jobs as a specific form of employment using atypical terms. However, keep in mind that in all countries, atypical employment contracts may be common for female workers in that country.

Mother, the relationship between employment and employment pattern varies from country to country. Not only does the mother's full-time and part-time employment rate differ (Figure 16), the time spent on employment also depends on the type of part-time job that dominates the country. In some countries, part-time work involves a very short working week, including less than 10 hours per week, such as one-third of Dutch part-time work. The same is true for a quarter of UK part - time jobs, a fifth of Ireland and Spain 's job. In other countries, part-time work may take more than 25 hours per week, especially in Denmark (70% of part-time mothers), France (46%), Portugal (43%) and Greece (47%). . (E.U. Bulletin on Women and Employment, 1995, N? 6: 5)