Society Research
March 28th/29th, 2017: Symposium „Spatial Mobility, Families and Gender Inequality in the Labour Market“
3 March 2017
Despite considerable declines in labour market gender inequality, differences against women in terms of pay, work hours, over-qualification and promotion opportunities still remain. Gender inequalities permeate household relocation and mobility decisions and outcomes. Compared to men, women cover shorter commuting distances, are less likely to lead longdistance household relocations for a job, and their careers benefit little when this happens. Instead, women who follow men (i.e. the trailing wives) often experience lasting negative impacts on their employment and earnings. Research has drawn attention to the domestic and secondary-earner roles of women in families to explain observed within-couple gender differences in spatial mobility among dual earners. However, the processes underlying the emergence and perpetuation of gender asymmetries in the causes and consequences of contemporary family relocations and partner's mobility are not yet well understood.
The symposium will cast light on relevant underresearched dimensions of the association between the spatial mobility of families and gender-based labour market inequality.
Date: March 28th/29th, 2017