Doctoral Dissertation Research: Women's Employment Around the Globe: Evidence from 94 Countries: 1985-2004

考虑到全球妇女就业水平的提高，这个项目解决了一个至关重要的问题：妇女就业的增加与妇女获得好工作有关吗？广泛的研究表明，国家层面的妇女友好政策和国家融入全球经济增加了妇女S的就业。然而，目前还不清楚这两个因素中是否有一个或两个都与女性就业质量有关。这项研究提出，女性加入劳动力大军的方式对于确定增加女性劳动力参与率是否与女性在更高地位职位上的代表性有关至关重要。为了测试全球和国家政策环境的拟议影响，该项目的研究包括对妇女在两个地位较高的职业群体的管理/行政和专业/技术职业中就业的相对机会进行的量化汇总时间序列分析。作为关键的独立变量，该项目创建了反歧视和产假政策的原始指标，这些指标在发达国家和发展中国家都具有可比性。这项研究不仅将对那些认为女性劳动力参与率增加会导致女性在高质量工作中就业的理论以及那些认为相反的理论进行关键检验，而且还将解释使其中一种结果更有可能出现的因素。这项研究还将通过整合以国家为中心的和全球的妇女就业理论，并测试发达国家和发展中国家的理论范围，来推进关于全球化、国家政策和实地实际就业结果之间联系的社会学理论。广泛的影响：这项研究的结果不仅将在学术界传播，而且将在政策制定者和社会运动网络中传播，因为男性在公共领域最高职位上的优势不仅被认为是现有性别不平等的反映，也被认为是维持或改变社会性别不平等的关键因素。这项研究的发现将为国际和国家政策提供洞察力，最终有助于提高女性地位？S在全球担任要职。跨国家的历史研究设计使这个项目的发现特别适用于不同的国家背景。

SES-1029870Elizabeth Boyle,Minzee KimConsidering women's increased levels of employment globally, this project addresses a crucial question: Is women's increased employment linked to women getting good jobs? Extensive research shows that women-friendly policies at the national level and national integration into the global economy increase women?s employment. However, it is unclear if either or both of these factors are linked to the quality of women's employment. This research proposes that the way women are incorporated into the labor force is critical in determining if increased female labor force participation is linked to women's representation in higher status positions. In order to test the proposed influences of global and national policy environments, research for this project comprises quantitative pooled time-series analyses on women's relative chances to be employed in two higher-status occupational groups'managerial/administrative and professional/technical occupations. As key independent variables, this project creates original indicators of anti-discrimination and maternity leave policies that are comparable across developed and developing countries. This study will not only provide a crucial test of those theories that suggest women's increased labor force participation leads to women's employment in high quality jobs and those that suggest the opposite, but also explain the factors that make one or the other outcome more likely. This research will also advance sociological theories about the links between globalization, state policies, and actual employment outcomes on the ground by integrating state-centered and global theories of women's employment and testing the scope of theories in both developed and developing countries.Broader Impacts: Results from this research will be disseminated not only in the academic community but also among policy makers and social movement networks as men's predominance in the top positions in the public sphere is recognized not only as a reflection of existing gender inequality but also as a key factor maintaining or altering gender inequality in societies. Findings from this research will provide insights for international and national policies that ultimately contribute to improve women?s share in powerful positions globally. The cross-national, historical research design makes findings from this project particularly applicable to diverse national contexts.