Women in Work Contexts. A Sociological Investigation
Women in Work Contexts. A Sociological Investigation

Summary/Abstract: In the world of work, the presence of women has been a very stable phenomenon for years now. Some factors, such as: the increasing level of education, the progressive outsourcing of the national economy, the diversification of employment contracts, have definitely favored an increase in the employed female population, which however still remains in a due minority compared to the figures regarding male employment. However, one factor outlines the importance of the presence of women in the labor ma rket, and is that relating to female entrepreneurship, which has grown in recent years thanks above all to regulatory systems which, in fact, have progressively favored both its promotion and development. However, th is is a process that has not only affected Italy, but the entire sphere of the European Union, where it is estimated that almost a fifth of the annual GDP growth can be explained, in principle, precisely with the increase participation of women in the workforce. Although disparities continue to affect the employment market, the "gender segregation" element appears singular, with women concentrated in some types of employment and men, obviously, in others.

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