Kulturowa presja i instytucjonalne warunki jako determinanty feminizacji nieaktywności zarobkowej we współczesnej Polsce
Cultural Pressure and Institutional Conditions as Determinants of Economic Inactivity Feminisation in Contemporary Poland

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the phenomenon of economic inactivity feminization understood as a set of processes hindering women of working age from entering and remaining at labour market. The text offers a definition of this phenomenon and provides literature review on the subject. The empirical material for the analysis has been collected within the two projects (one involving a diary competition and the other – interviews with mothers of children with disabilities). The authors explore the characteristics of the women’s economic inactivity, they describe and analyse the problems (cultural, functional, institutional) that women encounter when they attempt to enter labour market and stay employed. Having undertaken the analysis of various aspects of the phenomenon, the authors provide evidence that economic inactivity feminization results from gendered welfare norms as well as from weakness of the state.

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