Is the job quality gender gap narrowing? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024

This report examines whether the job quality gender gap is widening or narrowing along six key dimensions: Working Time Quality, Weekly Earnings, Job Security, Autonomy & Skill, the Physical Environment and Work Intensity.The gap in each of these dimensions is important for gender equality in health and wellbeing, but only the pay gap is well monitored in official statistics.The report derives indices and tracks the gender gap at intervals over the last four decades.It finds that:

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ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University)
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2025-01-01
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Work-Family Balance Challenges
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Is the job quality gender gap narrowing? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024

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Is the job quality gender gap narrowing? Findings from the Skills and Employment Survey 2024

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Abstract

This report examines whether the job quality gender gap is widening or narrowing along six key dimensions: Working Time Quality, Weekly Earnings, Job Security, Autonomy & Skill, the Physical Environment and Work Intensity.The gap in each of these dimensions is important for gender equality in health and wellbeing, but only the pay gap is well monitored in official statistics.The report derives indices and tracks the gender gap at intervals over the last four decades.It finds that:

ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University)
Department for the Economy, Economic and Social Research Council
Gender equality
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Work-Family Balance Challenges
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