The influence of gender on pathways into the labor market

Evidence from Australia
AuthorsSandra Buchler, Michael Dockery
PublishedOctober 2015
PublisherElgarOnline
DOI10.4337/9781784715038
ISBN9781784715038
ISSN9781784715021
Number of Pages85-103

Chapter 4: Developments in the education system and the labor market along with legislative changes over the last decades have given rise to expectations of decreasing gender inequality. First, women’s increased educational attainment, relative to that of men, is expected to give women greater access to favorable positions on the labor market.