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February 2008, Vol. 131, No. 2
Gender and nonstandard work hours in 12 European countries
Harriet B. Presser
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
E-mail: presser@socy.umd.edu
Sangeeta Parashar
Graduate student, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
E-mail: sparashar@socy.umd.edu
Janet C. Gornick
Graduate student, Professor in the Political Science Department, Baruch College, City University of New York.
E-mail: janet_gornick@baruch.cuny.edu
Labor force surveys conducted in several European countries in 2005 indicate high levels of nonstandard work hours, varying by gender; by contrast, nonstandard work hours for both men and women vary little by whether they have or do not have children.
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