Rethinking young women’s working lives
How do young women’s early experiences of work contribute to gendered inequalities later in life?
‘L-earning: rethinking young women’s working lives’ explored how diverse working lives and jobs develop women’s knowledge, networks, relationships and values, and establish trajectories that could embed gendered patterns, including occupational segregation.
Despite young women’s increasing participation and ‘success’ across education and the labour market, stubborn gendered inequalities remain in both the gender pay gap, and in gendered occupational segregation.
– Dr Kim Allen
Visit the project website Read the final report (PDF)Impact
- Knowledge discovery: developed research and understanding of how early work can impact the trajectory of women’s working lives
- Policy impact: created recommendations for the UK government, educational institutions, employers and more.
Key information
- Major funders: Economic and Social Research Council
- Partners and collaborators: University of Manchester, City St George’s University of London
- Disciplines: work and employment studies, youth studies, sociology, education
- Investigators: Dr Kim Allen, Professor Kate Hardy, Dr Lilith Brouwers, Dr Cassie Kill.
Keywords: gender inequalities, workplace inequalities, equity, diversity and inclusion, EDI, gender studies, employment, employability, business, national union of students, trade unions, workplace rights, pay gap, student labour regime, eaarning while learning (ewl)