Shaping gender inequalities: critical moments and critical places

Author(s) : Yvonne Riano, Katharina Limacher, André Aschwanden, Sophie Hirsig, Doris Wastl-Walter

Source : https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-12-2013-0112

Abstract:

“Analysis reveals that the Scandinavian woman’s migration to Switzerland is a primary and critical moment for emerging inequality, which is then reinforced by relocation (to a small town characterized by conservative gender values) and the subsequent births of their children. It is concluded that factors of traditional gender roles, ethnicity and age intersect to create a hierarchical situation which affords the male Swiss partner more weight in terms of decision making and career advancement.”

Keywords: Life course research, Gender inequality, Employment inequality, High-skilled migration, Intersectionality of gender and ethnicity, Occupational trajectories