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Mechanizmy rozhodování žen s vysokoškolským vzděláním o přechodu z rodičovské dovolené na trh práce
| Title in English | Decision making mechanisms of the university educated women regarding their labour market re-entry after the parental leave |
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Mareš, P., Hofírek, O. (eds.) Sociální reprodukce a integrace: ideály a meze |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | education motherhood labour market decision making mechanisms parental leave |
| Description | The aim of this paper is to explore the mechanisms of decision making of highly qualified women in relation to their labour market re entry after parental leave. As a theoretical background we are taking into account the rational choice theory and the preference theory as micro-level theories, and normative theory and cultural theory as macro-level theories. Based on these theories and their criticism we decided to explore especially the significance and the inter-relations of following factors: gender-specific preferences, financial constraints of the households, gender roles, employers behaviour in relation to the female labour force with the small children, characteristics of the working place and the role of the institutional context. The method of the semi-standardized interview was employed. The research sample included women with the university degree, living with partner in the same household, who were currently in the situation of transition from parental leave to the labour market, and who have had a formal job before taking up the parental leave. |
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