Subsidised childcare for all: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work

Subsidised childcare for all: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work
Author: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9289356413

Promoting gender equality at work is not only a matter of rights; it is the smart thing to do from the perspective of inclusive growth. The Nordic region is a case in point, as it has come to represent the 11th largest economy in the world, not despite policy commitments to gender equality and social justice, but because of it. The Nordic countries have robust economies and good living conditions, where both women and men have high labour force participation rates. However, the gender pay gap is persistent and occupational segregation continues to hinder gender equality. The Nordic Gender Effect at Work briefs share the collective Nordic experience in investing in gender equality including parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work, and seek to make further progress through cooperation.

The Nordic Gender Effect at Work: Nordic experiences on parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work

The Nordic Gender Effect at Work: Nordic experiences on parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work
Author: NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender (Contributor)
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2018
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9289356537

Promoting gender equality at work is not only a matter of rights; it is the smart thing to do from the perspective of inclusive growth. The Nordic region is a case in point, as it has come to represent the 11th largest economy in the world, not despite policy commitments to gender equality and social justice, but because of it. The Nordic countries have robust economies and good living conditions, where both women and men have high labour force participation rates. However, the gender pay gap is persistent and occupational segregation continues to hinder gender equality. The Nordic Gender Effect at Work briefs share the collective Nordic experience in investing in gender equality including parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work, and seek to make further progress through cooperation.

Flexible work arrangements: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work

Flexible work arrangements: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work
Author: NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9289356472

Promoting gender equality at work is not only a matter of rights; it is the smart thing to do from the perspective of inclusive growth. The Nordic region is a case in point, as it has come to represent the 11th largest economy in the world, not despite policy commitments to gender equality and social justice, but because of it. The Nordic countries have robust economies and good living conditions, where both women and men have high labour force participation rates. However, the gender pay gap is persistent and occupational segregation continues to hinder gender equality. The Nordic Gender Effect at Work briefs share the collective Nordic experience in investing in gender equality including parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work, and seek to make further progress through cooperation.

Shared and paid parental leave: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work

Shared and paid parental leave: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work
Author: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9289356448

Promoting gender equality at work is not only a matter of rights; it is the smart thing to do from the perspective of inclusive growth. The Nordic region is a case in point, as it has come to represent the 11th largest economy in the world, not despite policy commitments to gender equality and social justice, but because of it. The Nordic countries have robust economies and good living conditions, where both women and men have high labour force participation rates. However, the gender pay gap is persistent and occupational segregation continues to hinder gender equality. The Nordic Gender Effect at Work briefs share the collective Nordic experience in investing in gender equality including parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work, and seek to make further progress through cooperation.

Leadership and equal opportunities at work: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work

Leadership and equal opportunities at work: The Nordic Gender Effect at Work
Author: NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9289356502

Promoting gender equality at work is not only a matter of rights; it is the smart thing to do from the perspective of inclusive growth. The Nordic region is a case in point, as it has come to represent the 11th largest economy in the world, not despite policy commitments to gender equality and social justice, but because of it. The Nordic countries have robust economies and good living conditions, where both women and men have high labour force participation rates. However, the gender pay gap is persistent and occupational segregation continues to hinder gender equality. The Nordic Gender Effect at Work briefs share the collective Nordic experience in investing in gender equality including parental leave, childcare, flexible work arrangements, leadership and equal opportunities at work, and seek to make further progress through cooperation.

Nordic Economic Policy Review

Nordic Economic Policy Review
Author: Andersen, Torben M.
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9289344520

The Nordic Economic Policy Review is published by the Nordic Council of Ministers. This year’s issue is part of the Danish presidency programme for the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2015. The review addresses policy issues in a way that is useful for in-formed non-specialists as well as for professional economists. All articles are commissioned from leading professional economists and are subject to peer review prior to publication. The review appears once a year. It is published electronically on the website of the Nordic Council of Ministers: www.norden.org/en. On that website, you can also order paper copies of the Review (enter the name of the Review in the search field, and you will find all the information you need).

Women Are Key for Future Growth

Women Are Key for Future Growth
Author: Bengt Petersson
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2017-07-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1484311825

How important are female workers for economic growth? This paper presents empirical evidence that an increase in female labor force participation is positively associated with labor productivity growth. Using panel data for 10 Canadian provinces over 1990–2015, we found that a 1 percentage point increase in the labor force participation among women with high educational attainment would raise Canada’s overall labor productivity growth by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage point a year. This suggests that if the current gap of 7 percentage points between male and female labor force participation with high educational attainment were eliminated, the level of real GDP could be about 4 percent higher today. The government has appropriately stepped up its efforts to improve gender equality, as part of its growth strategy. In particular, the government’s plan to expand access to affordable child care is a positive step. However, we argue that to maximize the policy outcome given a budget constraint, provision of subsidized child care—including publicly funded child care spaces—should be better targeted to working parents.

The Future of the Nation-State

The Future of the Nation-State
Author: Sverker Gustavsson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2005-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134755201

The tension between culture, politics and economy has become one the dominant anxieties of modern society. On the one hand people endeavour to maintain and develop their cultural identity; on the other there are many forces for international integration. How to understand and explain this fundamental issue is illuminated in nine essays by eminent scholars.