Ch 10

Gender at work

and

in the home

Ray Broomhill

and

Rhonda Sharp

Gender at work and in the home

Gender differences in the South Australian labour

market

Gender differences in the household sphere

Lessons for policymakers

Gender differences in the South

Australian labour market

Labour participation

Part-time work

Age differences

Labour segmentation

Pay differentials

Hours of work

Class, gender and income distribution

Gender differences in the South

Australian labour market

Labour participation

Part-time work

Age differences

Labour segmentation by occupation

Labour segmentation by industry

Pay differentials

Hours of work

Class, gender and income distribution

Gender differences in the household

sphere

Changes in SA family and household types

Changing families and changing labour market

roles

Class and gender role differences amongst couple

families with children

Policy Lessons? Policies and budgets need a whole of government approach to take into

account the ongoing existence of gender differences and their inequalities

and their intersections with class, location, age, race and other

socioeconomic characteristics.

Unpaid sphere of households and communities contributes to the

‘economy’ but currently relies on an unequal gender division of labour

particularly to support the unpaid component of the ‘care economy’.

The relationships between the paid and the unpaid spheres of the

economy need to be better understood and integrated into policies and

budgets. International research shows it can’t be assumed to be an infinite

resource and substitute in times of downturn. eg cutbacks in health and

social services puts more strains on households and women’s unpaid time

burdens.

Policy lessons- gender

regime?

Policies and budgets impact on the gender regime –history of promoting

and modifying the male breadwinner gender regime. Where do we want to

go?

Genuine sharing of paid and unpaid work requires a new gender regime

(dual income earners/shared unpaid work) and changes in a raft of

policies including childcare, parental (including for fathers), flexible work,

better public services, family friendly working hours.

Ch 10

Gender at work

and

in the home

Ray Broomhill

and

Rhonda Sharp