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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Women and Employment Survey: Changes in Women’s Employment 1980-2005
5 December 2005 at The Department of Trade and Industry, London
Sponsored by the Women and Equality Unit DTI and CRASSH, University of Cambridge
The Women and Employment Survey was commissioned by the Department of Employment and carried out in 1980 jointly by the Office for Population Censuses and Surveys and the Department of Employment. The last major survey covering women and employment had taken place in 1965.
The main aims of the survey were to establish what factors determine whether or not women are in paid work and to identify the degree to which domestic factors or more broadly the sexual division of labour shapes women's lifetime labour market involvement; and to collect full information about the work they do, their pay and conditions of employment, as well as the way they behave in the labour market when they leave jobs or look for work. The study also set out to determine the importance of work to women and their job priorities. An important and innovative feature of the survey was the collection of detailed work histories covering the whole of women's working lives since leaving full time education and detailed histories of other vital events such as the births of children which were likely to have consequences for women's labour market behaviour.
Aims and Objectives of the Conference
- To conduct a historical evaluation of policy interventions in the family and work interface
- To consider continuities and change in labour market inequalities including the interaction between gender, class and ethnicity
- To evaluate data quality and methodological issues
The conference offers a unique opportunity for internationally recognised researchers and influential policy makers to meet and reflect on one of the most pressing social issues of our time: gender equality.
Organisers: Ceridwen Roberts (University of Oxford), Jean Martin (University of Oxford), Shirley Dex (Institute of Education) and Jackie Scott (University of Cambridge)
Revised Programme 7th November
Monday 5 December 2005
DTI Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1 0ET
Conference Centre Map
| 9.30-10.15 | Registration |
10.15-12.15 |
First Plenary: 25 Years of studying Women and Employment Introduction and Welcome Putting Women on the Research Agenda: Why we
did the Women and Employment survey Methodological innovations and key findings of
the Women and Employment Survey Where are we now? Research and questions Chair: Jacqueline Scott |
| 12.15-13.15 | Lunch |
| 13.15-14.15 | Second Plenary: Women and Equality - Assessing Progress Occupational Mobility Changes in the UK UK Women's Employment in Comparative European
Context Chair: Miriam Glucksmann |
14.15-15.30 |
Workshop Panels (Participants attend one) Session A: Labour Market Inequalities Evidence on Equality – Reviewing the Trends Occupations, Class & Work-Family Balance Labour Market Participation and Ethnic Minorities Chair: David Darton Session B: Work and Family Working full-time after motherhood: taking a
longer view Mothers & Work-Life Balance Family Economy and Work Time Chair: Jackie O'Reilly Session C: Data Quality Issues and Analytical Challenges Analyzing Family and Employment Change Attitudinal Trends Across Two Decades: The Challenge
of Interpreting Attitudinal Change Using Survey Data to Measure Work Orientations
Chair: Jean Martin |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Coffee |
| 16.00-16.30 | Feedback Session |
| 16.30-17.00 | Conference Address by Meg Munn MP, Minister for Women and Equality |
| 17.00-18.00 | Reception |
Registration
All enquiries should be addressed to enquiries@genet.ac.uk.
