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Preference or constraint? Part-time workers' transitions in Denmark, France and the United Kingdom

University of Manchester, vanessa.gash{at}manchester.ac.uk

This article investigates whether women work part-time through preference or constraint and argues that different countries provide different opportunities for preference attainment. It argues that women with family responsibilities are unlikely to have their working preferences met without national policies supportive of maternal employment. Using event history analysis the article tracks part-time workers' transitions to both full-time employment and to labour market drop-out.The article compares the outcome of workers in the UK, a country with little support for maternal employment, relative to Denmark and France, two countries with a long history of facilitating workers' engagement in both paid employment and family life. It finds evidence of part-time constraint in the UK relative to the other two countries.

Key Words: cross-national comparison • part-time work • preference

Work, Employment & Society, Vol. 22, No. 4, 655-674 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008096741


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