GENDER AND THE INTENSIFICATION OF WORK: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN WORKING CONDITIONS SURVEYS From: Eastern Economic Journal | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Burchell, Brendan; Fagan, Colette | Copyright Eastern Economic Association Fall 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

The European Foundation's European Working Conditions Survey in 2000 collected information on the working conditions, health, and well-being of the employed in the fifteen EU member states. The information was collected from individual workers in face-to-face interviews, in which the workers were asked to describe a number of aspects of their work and workplaces through a series of structured questions. Two previous surveys were carried out in 1991 and 1995-96 that permit ...