期刊名称：Acta Universitatis Sapientiae : Social Analysis
印刷版ISSN：2069-7449
电子版ISSN：2248-0854
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：31-45
出版社：Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Scientia Publishing House
摘要：A remarkable number of field-specific as well as interdisciplinary studies broach the issue of gender inequality and its relative persistence in economy (labour market and employment) and politics (government and society). Additionally, scholars often reveal deep-rooted gender-specific stereotypes that give an underpinning to certain decisions and gender-related behaviour irrespective of a country. According to these studies, women have frequently been underrepresented in the labour market and meet gender-specific career decisions that impede them to reach the highest positions in the economy. Whereas the majority of academic debates focus on established patterns of inequality going back to behaviour and institutions, far less are addressing the process of genesis of inequalities as well as the reasons for gender-specific decisions. This paper takes in consideration young people in Russia and their career choices at the end of the high school with respect to old (Soviet) ideals and stereotypes. Did a real transition of values and decision-making take place or do young generations hold an old pathway of dependency? I examine labour market intentions of young high-school-leavers in Russia. Firstly, I investigate how their occupational projects have undergone changes since 1990 till the present time. Secondly, it is of my interest to explain the mechanisms of this situation. For my investigation, I apply the concept of the ‘gender culture’ posed by Pfau-Effinger (1999).
关键词：transition; path dependency; career choices; USSR; Russia
