Rethinking Gender, Work and Care in a New Europe

Chapter 1 Investigating Women’s De-labouring in Post-socialist European Labour Markets: Research Agenda and Theoretical Challenges

Chapter 3 Experts’ Arguments for Paternity Leave: Social-Democratic and Post-Socialist Frames Compared

Chapter 4 Low Second Birth Rates in Eastern and Southern Europe: Interactions between Economic Uncertainty and Norms about Parenthood

Chapter 5 Female Employment in Europe

Chapter 6 Paths and Barriers to the Labour Market: A Comparative View of Working and Homemaking Young Adult Women in Hungary and Romania

Chapter 7 Parental Employment Patterns in the Czech Republic: Economic Rationality or Cultural Norm?

Chapter 8 Gender Segregation in Post-Socialist Slovenia: Women’s Experiences in the Retail Sector

Chapter 9 Maternal Employment in Post-Socialist Countries: Understanding the Implications of Childcare Policies

Chapter 10 Habits or Frames? Explaining Patterns in the Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in Germany, Bulgaria, France and Hungary

Chapter 11 Childbearing Behaviours of Employed Women in Italy and Poland

Chapter 12 Maternity Leave — Once a Bargain, Always a Bargain? Impact of Care Breaks on Mothers’ Occupational Mobility: The Case of Estonia

Chapter 13 Gender Earnings Inequality in Central and Eastern European Countries: The Case of Dual-Earner Couples

Chapter 14 Gender Gaps in Participation in Adult Learning: Estonia Compared with Other European Countries

Chapter 15 Differentiated Educational Pathways and Gender Inequalities in the Estonian Labour Market: What Is the Impact of the Systemic Change?

Chapter 16 Polish Women for Gender Equality: Leaders of Women’s Movements on Problems of Female Employees