Part-Time Work and the Legacy of Breadwinner Welfare States: A Panel Study of Women’s Employment Patterns in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, 1992–2002

INTRODUCTION: By the time medical students graduate many wish to work part-time while accommodating other lifestyle interests. AIM: To review flexibility of medical registration requirements for provisional registrants in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. METHODS: Internet-based review of registration bodies of each country, and each state or province in Australia and Canada, supplemented by emails and phone calls seeking clarification of missing or obscure information. RESULTS: Data from 20 regions were examined. Many similarities were found between study countries in their approaches to the registration of new doctors, although there are some regional differences. Most regions (65%) have a provisional registration period of one year. Extending this period was possible in 91% of regions. Part-time options were possible in 75% of regions. All regions required trainees to work in approved practice settings. DISCUSSION: Only the UK provided comprehensive documentation of their requirements in an accessible format and clearly explaining the options for part-time work. Australia appeared to be more flexible than other countries with respect to part- and full-time work requirements. All countries need to examine their registration requirements to introduce more flexibility wherever possible, as a strategy for addressing workforce shortages. KEYWORDS: Family practice; education, medical, graduate; government regulation

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Part-time strategies of women and men of childbearing age in the Netherlands and Australia

Dualisation of Part-Time Work ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447348603.003.0011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 265-288

Author(s):

Mara A. Yerkes ◽

Belinda Hewitt

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Full Time ◽

Childbearing Age ◽

Men And Women ◽

Market Effects ◽

Work Strategies ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Work Family ◽

Part Time Work

This chapter contributes to the dualization debate by investigating the extent to which gender unequal part-time work patterns reflect insider - outsider labour market effects (e.g. based on gender and occupational effects) by comparing the Netherlands - a country with high protection of part-time workers - with Australia - a country with minimal protection. We focus on the part-time work strategies of men and women of childbearing age, bridging dualization theory with work-family theory. We explore both the extent of dualization between men and women (how women and men differ in their part-time employment patterns) as well as possible dualization effects within part-time work, considering variation in part-time work strategies among women in both countries. Our findings suggest dualization between part-time and full-time workers exists in both countries. Crucially, we find that dualization exists within part

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Transition From Work to Retirement: Evidence from LEED

Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand ◽

10.26686/lew.v0i0.1622 ◽

1970 ◽

Author(s):

Sylvia Dixon

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Data ◽

Relative Frequency ◽

Gradual Transition ◽

Full Time ◽

Employment Patterns ◽

Different Types ◽

Time Work ◽

Part Time ◽

Transition To Retirement ◽

Part Time Work

Survey evidence suggests that the majority of New Zealanders would prefer to make a gradual transition from work to retirement, rather than move abruptly from full-time work to non-employment. This study describes the employment patterns and transitions of people who were aged in their 60s and moved from wage or salary employment to inactivity during the 1999-2005 period, using longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset. Four different types o f transition to retirement were defined and the relative frequency o f each explored. We find that phased transitions, involving either part-time work or a number of transitions in and out of employment before the final exit, were far more common than discrete transitions from full-time work to non-employment. Men were more likely than women to take a traditional path from work to retirement. There were some significant variations in the frequency of different work-to-retirement paths across major industries, but phased transitions were more prevalent than traditional in all major industries.

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Just Visiting? The Weakening of Social Protection in a Mobile World

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474428231.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Keith Banting ◽

Edward Koning

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Social Protection ◽

Welfare States ◽

Equal Treatment ◽

Political Pressure ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Recent Scholarship ◽

Temporary Migrants ◽

The Way

Recent scholarship has become increasingly attentive to the way different welfare states include or exclude newcomers. Much of this literature has focused on the access to benefits granted to immigrants with a permanent status. While this emphasis is understandable, it ignores the growing ranks of individuals who do not settle permanently, either because they are only given temporary status or because they choose to move on. This paper helps to fill this gap by comparing four countries that are very different in the way they treat temporary migrants: Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. We find that migrants on a temporary permit are among the most weakly protected in each of these countries, but that the exclusion is more severe in countries where politicians face considerable political pressure to appear tough on immigration and where there are few institutional protections to protect temporary residents from such pressures. These findings highlight both the fragility of social protection in a world of mobility and the importance of firmly entrenched protections of equal treatment.

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