Women's Work in Australia: Trends, Issues and Prospects

摘要: Notwithstanding massive change in women's educational outcomes, labour market activity and fertility levels, the last two decades has seen no share of participating women full-time market, little overall distribution across jobs size Australian gender pay gap. These facts are not easily accounted for by conventional neo-classical theory suggesting presence some strong persistent normative forces (e.g. ideology with respect to roles) shaping outcomes. This paper explores prospects equality within contemporary Australia concludes that, absence political will fundamental institutional social change, grim.