Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK, Shirley Dex, Emeritus Professor of Longitudinal Social Research in Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, UK and Anke C. Plagnol, Department of Psychology, City University London, UK

‘Gendered Lives offers novel and sometimes unexpected findings that contribute to new understandings of not only the causes of gender inequalities but also the ongoing implications for economic well-being and societal integration. Although gender inequality is a well-worked field, the research presented in this book is both innovative and timely.

• Contents:Introduction: Gender Inequalities in Production and ReproductionJacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi and Anke C. PlagnolPART I: GENDERED LIVES UNFOLDING ACROSS TIME1. The Childhood Origins of Adult Socio-economic Disadvantage: Do Cohort and Gender Matter?John Hobcraft and Wendy Sigle-Rushton2. Changing Career Trajectories of Women and Men Across TimeErzsebet Bukodi, Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi3. Halfway to Gender Equality in Paid and Unpaid Work? Evidence from the Multinational Time-use StudyJonathan Gershuny and Man Yee KanPART II: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND WORKPLACE4. Financial Togetherness and Autonomy Within CouplesFran Bennett, Jerome De Henau, Susan Himmelweit and Sirin Sung5. Global Flows and Local Labour Markets: Precarious Employment and Migrant Workers in the UKLinda McDowell, Adina Batnitzky and Sarah DyerPART III: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD6. Equality Law and the Limits of the ‘Business Case’ for Addressing Gender InequalitiesColm McLaughlin and Simon Deakin7. Work–Family Conflict and Well-being in Northern EuropeJacqueline Scott and Anke C. Plagnol8. Gender Equality and Work–Family Balance in a Cross-national PerspectiveJane LewisIndex

Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK, Shirley Dex, Emeritus Professor of Longitudinal Social Research in Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, UK and Anke C. Plagnol, Department of Psychology, City University London, UK

‘Gendered Lives offers novel and sometimes unexpected findings that contribute to new understandings of not only the causes of gender inequalities but also the ongoing implications for economic well-being and societal integration. Although gender inequality is a well-worked field, the research presented in this book is both innovative and timely.

• Contents:Introduction: Gender Inequalities in Production and ReproductionJacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi and Anke C. PlagnolPART I: GENDERED LIVES UNFOLDING ACROSS TIME1. The Childhood Origins of Adult Socio-economic Disadvantage: Do Cohort and Gender Matter?John Hobcraft and Wendy Sigle-Rushton2. Changing Career Trajectories of Women and Men Across TimeErzsebet Bukodi, Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi3. Halfway to Gender Equality in Paid and Unpaid Work? Evidence from the Multinational Time-use StudyJonathan Gershuny and Man Yee KanPART II: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND WORKPLACE4. Financial Togetherness and Autonomy Within CouplesFran Bennett, Jerome De Henau, Susan Himmelweit and Sirin Sung5. Global Flows and Local Labour Markets: Precarious Employment and Migrant Workers in the UKLinda McDowell, Adina Batnitzky and Sarah DyerPART III: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD6. Equality Law and the Limits of the ‘Business Case’ for Addressing Gender InequalitiesColm McLaughlin and Simon Deakin7. Work–Family Conflict and Well-being in Northern EuropeJacqueline Scott and Anke C. Plagnol8. Gender Equality and Work–Family Balance in a Cross-national PerspectiveJane LewisIndex

Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK, Shirley Dex, Emeritus Professor of Longitudinal Social Research in Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, UK and Anke C. Plagnol, Department of Psychology, City University London, UK

‘Gendered Lives offers novel and sometimes unexpected findings that contribute to new understandings of not only the causes of gender inequalities but also the ongoing implications for economic well-being and societal integration. Although gender inequality is a well-worked field, the research presented in this book is both innovative and timely.

• Contents:Introduction: Gender Inequalities in Production and ReproductionJacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi and Anke C. PlagnolPART I: GENDERED LIVES UNFOLDING ACROSS TIME1. The Childhood Origins of Adult Socio-economic Disadvantage: Do Cohort and Gender Matter?John Hobcraft and Wendy Sigle-Rushton2. Changing Career Trajectories of Women and Men Across TimeErzsebet Bukodi, Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi3. Halfway to Gender Equality in Paid and Unpaid Work? Evidence from the Multinational Time-use StudyJonathan Gershuny and Man Yee KanPART II: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND WORKPLACE4. Financial Togetherness and Autonomy Within CouplesFran Bennett, Jerome De Henau, Susan Himmelweit and Sirin Sung5. Global Flows and Local Labour Markets: Precarious Employment and Migrant Workers in the UKLinda McDowell, Adina Batnitzky and Sarah DyerPART III: GENDER INEQUALITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD6. Equality Law and the Limits of the ‘Business Case’ for Addressing Gender InequalitiesColm McLaughlin and Simon Deakin7. Work–Family Conflict and Well-being in Northern EuropeJacqueline Scott and Anke C. Plagnol8. Gender Equality and Work–Family Balance in a Cross-national PerspectiveJane LewisIndex