WP 36 - Women's Preferences or Delineated Policies? The development or part-time work in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom

Women's Preferences or Delineated Policies?

however in the context of a history of a strong breadwinner model. The next section outlines how

this development occurred.

Figure 3: Part-time Employment in the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and the EU average (as percentage of total
employment in group): 1993-2003

—■— GER men —⅛— NL men д UK men —*— EU men

—■—GER women —⅛—NL women

H UK w omen —*— EU w omen

Source: OECD, 2004.

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

—GER both —л— NL both -Д- UK both —♦— EU both

Note: The decrease in part-time work in the Netherlands from 1995-1996 reflects a measurement error.

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