1. Engendering economic statistics Rome December 12, 2007
General issues
Gerry Brady, CSO Ireland

2. Objective
Issue is equal opportunity to work and equal conditions rather than equal employment rates
Individual discretion to make personal life choices with regard to employment are important – societal conventions restrict these

3. Environment barriers
In disability, environmental barriers are factors such as inaccessible transport, no lifts, lack of special tuition etc.
These are the problems rather than the problem being in a wheelchair or having a learning difficulty ... or having care and family responsibilities

4. Gender work barriers Attitudes of other people
Factors limiting educational attainment such as your parents attitudes to the importance and value of your schooling
Inequal access to transport to enable women to get to work
Care obligations
Role taken in family life

5. Barriers within employment
Inflexible working arrangements
Work imposed consequences of having a baby
Limited IT access to workplace from home
Negative attitudes of work colleagues
Lack of women in managerial and decision-making positions within the company and the business/policy sectors

6. Data implications
Barriers can be used as topics for developing new indicators
Barriers can be much harder to measure than more typical indicators such as employment rates

7. Consequences for women
Lower employment rates
Lower pay
Less satisfying work
Less career progression
Occupational segregation
Pensions pressure towards later retirement if earlier absences from work

8. More specific topics Entrepreneurship and self-employment Occupations
Pay and paid working hours
Formal vs informal employment
Social security & pension contributions
Employment security and benefits
Decision-making

9. Entrepreneurship Issues Willingness to become an entrepreneur
Economic areas women become entrepreneurs in
State advisory support and funding access for women entrepreneurs
Access to networks

10. Specific topics ctd.
The relevance and importance of specific employment topics varies depending on the economic and statistical development of the country
Each country should give priority to the indicators of most relevance to itself
Useful to have benchmark data from other countries

11. Specific topics ctd.
Need a range of classification variables within your data file to really understand and identify the most needed new policy initiatives and employment protections
e.g. age groups, marital status, family situation, educational attainment, nationality and ethnicity, etc