Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain
研究2008年经济危机期间西班牙女性兼职工作如何通过传统性别规范加剧其就业脆弱性，基于2007-2014年劳动力调查数据，发现兼职工作非自愿性和就业不足与家庭就业状况相关。
This article studies women’s vulnerability to the economic crisis of 2008 through the lens of part-time work in Spain. It posits that part-time work made the female employment position more fragile by acting as a transmission mechanism of traditional gender norms that establish women as secondary workers. This argument is tested through an analysis of Labour Force Survey data from 2007 to 2014 that examines the influence of the employment situation of the household on women’s part-time employment patterns. The results expose the limited take-up of part-time work but also persistent patterns of involuntariness and underemployment corresponding to negative household employment situations, highlighting the constraining role of gender norms borne by the relative position of part-time work in the configuration of employment structures. The article concludes that, during the crisis, part-time work participated in the re-establishment of women as a family dependent and flexible labour supply, increasing their vulnerability.