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Are Israeli Women Really Equal? Trends and Patterns of Israeli Women's Labor Force Participation: A Comparative Analysis

1973; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/350590

1741-3737

Dorit D. Padan-Eisenstark,

Gender Diversity and Inequality

Secondary analysis of surveys and studies conducted in Israel during the period of 1930-1971 reveals that Israeli women have not achieved a higher degree of equality within the labor force than women in other industrial countries. Moreover the percentage of women in the Israeli Labor force is even somewhat lower. Israeli women, including Kibbutz members, are predominantly occupied in teaching, nursing, clerical work, and sales occupations. A large number of women are occupied in flexible part-time jobs, and except for medicine, Israeli women are underrepresented in all managerial and high status professional occupations.