Resumen de Lavoro a tempo parziale e modelli di partecipazione femminile al mercato del lavoro nei paesi europei

Paola Villa

• Part-time work is usually considered an important policy tool for fostering female employment. The paper examines female part-time employment in the European Union in order to assess commonalities and national variations. Substantial national differences are singled out in the role played by part-time work in facilitating the participation of mothers of small children.