Gender Equality
Research report Labour MarketA Swedish Patchwork. 50 Years of Parental Insurance
Last year, the Swedish parental leave insurance turned 50 – a cornerstone of Swedish family policy. A new SNS report highlights not...Five Decades of the Swedish Parental Leave Insurance: Increased Gender Equality while Income Equality Is Still Lagging Behind
Last year, the Swedish parental leave insurance turned 50 – a cornerstone of Swedish family policy. A new SNS report highlights not...- Seminar Health Care
How are children affected by parental leave and childcare?
In several countries, paid parental leave and subsidized childcare have played a crucial role for gender equality on the labor market. But...
SNS Research Brief Labour MarketSNS Research Brief 94. Sexual Harassment and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
The risk of sexual harassment at work is greater for individuals belonging to the minority gender at their particular workplace. This discourages women from entering well-paid jobs in male-dominated workplaces, according to professors Olle Folke and Johanna Rickne in a new SNS report.Researchers: Sexual harassment leads to lower wages for women
The risk of sexual harassment at work is greater for individuals belonging to the minority gender at their particular workplace. This discourages women from entering well-paid jobs in male-dominated workplaces, according to professors Olle Folke and Johanna Rickne in a new SNS report.- Seminar More topics
Who gets to be boss?
Women are not believed to have the same potential as men when decisions about promotion are made, according to research from the... - SNS Research Brief Labour Market
SNS Research Brief 78. Children: Do They Hinder Women’s Careers?
When women have children, they tend to work fewer hours and switch to jobs that pay less but are closer to home, which has a major impact on their lifetime earnings. This is shown in a study based on Danish data presented in the new SNS report Children: Do They Hinder Women’s Careers? written by economist Petter Lundborg. Parenthood leads to unequal lifetime earnings according to new study
When women have children, they tend to work fewer hours and switch to jobs that pay less but are closer to home, which has a major impact on their lifetime earnings. This is shown in a study based on Danish data presented in the new SNS report Children: Do They Hinder Women’s Careers? written by economist Petter Lundborg.- SNS Research Brief More topics
SNS Research Brief 66. Female Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence. English summary
In the SNS report “Women’s economic conditions and domestic violence”, economist Sanna Ericsson shows that women benefitting from increased economic empowerment is associated with an increased risk of domestic violence. There is also an increased probability that the man in the marriage seeks care for anxiety, depression or for having suffered physical abuse. One explanation for this “backlash effect” may be that the traditional balance of power in the relationship is altered. As women’s incomes increase, so does the risk of domestic violence
In the SNS report “Women’s economic conditions and domestic violence”, economist Sanna Ericsson shows that women benefitting from increased economic empowerment is associated with an increased risk of domestic violence. There is also an increased probability that the man in the marriage seeks care for anxiety, depression or for having suffered physical abuse. One explanation for this “backlash effect” may be that the traditional balance of power in the relationship is altered.