In this article, by showing that the burden of retrenchment in social spending in Brazil has
been overwhelmingly borne by women, we assert that austerity is not gender neutral. Our …

Capítulo 1 19 Igualdade de género e idades da vida. Enquadramento conceptual e
metodologia 19 Como se conceptualizou a igualdade de género? E em que se fundamenta …

Portugal has been described as a singular case in terms of the participation of women in the
labour market and work–life balance policies. Unlike the other so-called Southern European …

Media images of walls being erected or dismantled symbolize the global dilemma at the
heart of the approach toward diversity during economically challenging times. Will …

Gender equality has been widely explored, but there is limited research investigating its
variability at regional level. This paper aims to fill this gap by developing and validating a …

This study analyses the university choices of male and female students in Italy over the 2003–
2012 period and for two sub-periods before (2003–2008) and after (2009–2012) the 2008 …

Purpose In this article, the authors study the gender pay-gap (GPG) among graduates in Italy
(2011 cohort) who were employed four years after graduation. The authors focus on …

This editorial illuminates the evidence of how human and social rights and diversity gains at
work are under attack in the aftermath of the global economic crisis and in times of austerity …

The post-2008 recession and the countercyclical responses by European governments that
followed triggered an extensive wave of fiscal adjustments. Although underpinned by …

In the labour market framework, gender inequalities penalizing women in participation,
remuneration and career still persist almost everywhere, even though there are remarkable …