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Equal Opportunity between Men and Women: The Case of France

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  • Jacqueline Laufer

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The article deals with the implementation of equal opportunities and positive action in the field of work in France. After presenting a few characteristic trends of the evolution of the status of women on the labor market, the author presents the legal and policy framework of professional equality in France. She then discusses the positive action strategies which have been implemented by firms and explores reasons for their relative scarcity. In a final section, she deals with the recent evolution of the labor market. The rapid growth in part time employment could be seen as a possible solution to the problem of reconciling work and family life. However, in practice, the two processes, reconciliation of work and family life and the development of atypical forms of employment may combine to restructure the labor market in such a way that the inequalities affecting particular categories of women become cumulative.

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  • Jacqueline Laufer, 1998. "Equal Opportunity between Men and Women: The Case of France," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 53-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:4:y:1998:i:1:p:53-69
    DOI: 10.1080/135457098338563
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    1. Catherine Sofer, 1995. "La mesure des discriminations de salaire," Post-Print halshs-00368307, HAL.
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    1. Abigail Gregory & Susan Milner, 2009. "Trade Unions and Work‐life Balance: Changing Times in France and the UK?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 47(1), pages 122-146, March.
    2. Rodriguez, Eunice, 1999. "Marginal employment and health in Germany and the United Kingdom: Does unstable employment predict health?," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Labor Market Policy and Employment FS I 99-203, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    3. Fagan, Colette. & Norman, Helen. & Smith, Mark. & Gonzalez Menendez, María C., 2014. "In search of good quality part-time employment," ILO Working Papers 994839683402676, International Labour Organization.

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