Part‐Time Work in the Nordic Countries: A Trap for Women?

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of the study is to examine the consequences of part‐time employment at the individual level, especially for women. Are part‐time jobs precarious as compared to full‐time jobs, and are they traps, or perhaps rather bridges, in the labour market? The results indicate that the situation of part‐timers varies in the Nordic countries. On one hand, the gap between part‐time and full‐time work has narrowed in Sweden and Norway, which may reflect a normalization of part‐time work in these countries. On the other, part‐timers' situation in the Finnish labour market still seems more precarious than that of full‐timers. However, in most cases part‐time work is a bridge rather than a trap in the Nordic labour market.

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