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The female share of weekend employment: a study of 16 countries
Harriet B. Presser
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of
Maryland.
E-mail: presser@socy.umd.edu
Janet C. Gornick
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science at Baruch College and at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
E-mail: janet_gornick@baruch.cuny.edu
Along with the increase in women’s employment in many European countries has been a rise in their share of weekend employment, particularly on Sundays; women’s disproportionate share in weekend work is most evident in the service sector; in the industrial sector, women are underrepresented among weekend workers.
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