Deltid och kön: En undersökning av deltidsarbetets utveckling under åren 1987-2005

Sammanfattning: This paper aims at assessing the relationship between female and male part-time employment and the business cycle in Sweden during the years 1987–2005 using quarterly time-series data and two alternative indicators of the business cycle. It further aims at determining whether the share of women working part-time has changed over time. Key results include that the relationship between the business cycle and female part-time employment is found to be significant and countercyclical. No significant effect is however found for men. We cannot reject the null hypothesis that female and male part-time employment is equally sensitive to the effect of the business cycle. Furthermore, results show that the long term development of women’s part-time employment is found to be relatively stable as the trend coefficient is found to be very close to zero. The results are analyzed using an institutionalist theoretical framework and a survey on the distribution of female and male part-time employment in different sectors of the economy.