1. Gender and Nordic welfare viability in economic crises
Anita Nyberg, Gender Studies, Stockholm University

2. It is often said that in economic recessions, men lose comparatively more jobs than women. The reason is the gender segregated labour market, with a greater concentration of male workers in cyclically sensitive sectors, such as construction, manufacturing and lately also the male dominated branches of the financial sector. In contrast, women are over-represented in more stable areas such as care, health, education and the public sector in general. Research has found that in the EU, men experienced comparatively higher employment losses than women in countries where gender segregation was greater during the recession of the late 2000s.
However, I would like to argue that women might not be so well protected in economic recessions by public employment as we might believe, which is related to how er measure economic recessions and unemployment.
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6. Change in number of employees 1990-2016
Women
Men
Municipalities
-141,500
-4,200
Private sector
206,700
100,200
State sector
30,700
2,700
Total
95,900
98,700
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10. The fact that women are affected later than men in an economic recession and that the whole picture of unemployment is not taken into consideration means that the effects on women’s employment and unemployment are underestimated compared to men’s.
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11. Number of times jämställd. (gender equality. ) and kvinn. (wom
Number of times jämställd* (gender equality*) and kvinn* (wom*) are mentioned in the Budget Bills 1980/
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12. Gender mainstreaming/gender budgeting is important, but we also have to look for male norms in the concepts used and how things are measured such as unemployment and the timing of economic recessions in relation to gender in order to better understand the gendered effects.
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13. Thank you!
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