Can flexible working reduce the gender pay gap? 

Can the introduction of flexible working policies help reduce the gender pay gap? Dr Heejung Chung, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, discusses her research on flexible working to explain what needs to be done to ensure that flexible working does encourage more gender equality in our labour markets.
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Papers cited:
Paper on how flexible working can help mothers stay employed: Chung, H. & van der Horst, M. (2018) Women’s employment patterns after childbirth and the perceived access to and use of flexitime and teleworking. Human Relations/Special Issue on Flexible Careers. 71(1): 47-72.(Open access)
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Paper on how workplaces with more women have limited access to flexible working: Chung, H. (2019) 'Women's Work Penalty' in access to flexible working arrangements across Europe. European Journal of Industrial Relations. 25(1): 23-40. (open access)
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Gender differences in the outcomes of flexible working-women doing more housework: Chung, H., & Van der Lippe, T. (2018/forthcoming). Flexible working work life balance and gender equality: Introduction. Social Indicators Research, Online first. (open access)
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Difference between men and women in the financial outcomes of flexible working: Lott, Y. & Chung, H. (2016) "Gender discrepancies in the outcomes of schedule control on overtime and income in Germany" European Sociological Review. 32(6): 752-765 (open access)
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Paper on the flexibility stigma: Chung, H. (2018/forthcoming). Gender, flexibility stigma, and the perceived negative consequences of flexible working in the UK. Social Indicators Research, Online first. (open access)
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The German study on the different outcomes of working from home: Yvonne Lott: Weniger Arbeit, mehr Freizeit? Wofür Mütter und Väter flexible Arbeitsarrangements nutzen (pdf). WSI Report Nr. 47, März 2019.
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Final report of the Work Autonomy, Flexibility and Work life balance project:
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