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ICT employment, over‐education and gender in Spain. Do information and communication technologies improve the female labour situation?
Author(s) -
IglesiasFernández Carlos,
LlorenteHeras Raquel,
DueñasFernández Diego
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2010.00251.x
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , marital status , demographic economics , quality (philosophy) , labour economics , business , psychology , economics , political science , sociology , demography , population , philosophy , epistemology , law
This paper investigates the extent to which ICT‐related employment is improving the labour situation of women in Spain by reducing female over‐education. Outcomes indicate no reduction in female over‐education, nor does a woman's marital status produce any significant differences. However, the best result is observed for ICT occupations linked to higher job quality characteristics.