Impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

FP7-SSH-2010-2

Main participants

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Contest type

RP - Co-financing of EC programme

Contract ID

MSMT-1839/2013-310

Project name in Czech

Impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion

Annotation in Czech

The aim of this project is to analyse how local welfare provision affects the labour market participation of women, and how female employment in turn affects the life-course (of women and men), structures of inequality, social cohesion and hence the sustainability of the European social model. Two types of welfare provision have been singled out to be of major importance for female employment: care (both for children and elderly care) and human capital investments (vocational training and life-long learning). The coverage and quality of services, the welfare mix (public, private and in between), partnerships, and governance structures most favourable for the employment of women and social cohesion will be identified based on a comparison of eleven cities in eleven European countries. The project will analyse the political autonomy of local political actors vis-?-vis national and EU policy making, including culture as an important explanatory variable. Culture is included in two dimensions: First, women?s disposition to participate on the labour market is seen as culturally embedded, while cultural ideals and values play an important role in how policies are perceived and rendered practically useful by women (thus definitions of the good mother? varysocially and geographically, whereby some mothers, for instance, would prefer not to use day-care facilities but instead take care of their children themselves). Second, local cultural values and belief systems condition creativity among political actorsand stakeholders, and thus impact on local policies, which may divert from national or international intentions. The project will thus provide a basis for understanding how culture may constrain the transferability of best practices from one country/locality to another. Overall this project will pave the way for evidence based urban policy recommendations for local welfare system improvement in order to enhance economic growth, female employment and social cohesio

R&D category

ZV - Basic research

CEP classification - main branch

AO - Sociology, demography

CEP - secondary branch

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CEP - another secondary branch

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OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

50401 - Sociology<br>50402 - Demography<br>50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)<br>50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Provider evaluation

U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)

Project results evaluation

Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.

Realization period - beginning

Jan 1, 2011

Realization period - end

Apr 30, 2014

Project status

U - Finished project

Latest support payment

Mar 20, 2014

Confidentiality

C - Předmět řešení projektu podléhá obchodnímu tajemství (§ 504 Občanského zákoníku), ale název projektu, cíle projektu a u ukončeného nebo zastaveného projektu zhodnocení výsledku řešení projektu (údaje P03, P04, P15, P19, P29, PN8) dodané do CEP, jsou upraveny tak, aby byly zveřejnitelné.

Data delivery code

CEP15-MSM-7E-U/01:1

Data delivery date

Jul 2, 2015

Total approved costs

1,074 thou. CZK

Public financial support

1,074 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

0 thou. CZK