The impact of the crisis and austerity on low educated working women: The cases of Spain and Portugal
研究了经济危机和紧缩政策对西班牙和葡萄牙低学历职业女性的影响，发现她们虽维持了劳动参与，但面临更高的失业、不稳定就业和低收入风险，同时家庭经济贡献增加，工作对身份认同至关重要。
This article investigates the impact of the recent economic crisis and associated austerity agenda on working low educated women in Portugal and Spain. It draws firstly on a comparative analysis of Eurostat Labour Force Survey data, recent reform to the labour market and care policy; secondly, on qualitative research exploring changes in low educated women's employment, family arrangements and values. The findings reveal that in both countries low educated women maintained their labour market attachment but faced increased risks of labour market exclusion, precarity and low pay. However, the weight of women's household income contributions increased in the context of male unemployment and earnings insecurity, which reinforced women's work attachment. Moreover, employment appeared critical to women's identity and associated with egalitarian values. Despite greater protection of equality policies and welfare support for dual‐earner families in Portugal, the evidence suggests a negative impact of austerity on work–family reconciliation opportunities for low educated women in both countries.