Hakim, Catherine


Dr Catherine Hakim  

Department

Position held

Department of Sociology

Senior Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

secondary analysis; small firms; preference theory; sociology; work orientations; sex discrimination; wages; homeworking; women's employment; family; analysis; sexuality; employment; sex roles; social research methods; Britain; labour law; research design; Europe; erotic capital; government datasets; part-time work; employers' labour use strategies; labour market analysis; workforce flexibility

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Catherine Hakim's research interests cover five topics: preference theory and its applications in research and social policy across Europe; fertility patterns and (voluntary) childlessness; women's employment and the relative importance of lifestyle preferences versus other factors in explaining the continuing and stable pay gap in Europe; trends in sexuality and the rising importance of erotic capital, especially for women; and research design and social statistics.

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]; Spanish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 6655

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2009

Hakim, Catherine (2009) Women's lifestyle preferences in the 21st century. In: Schippers, J. and Beets, G. and te Velde, E., (eds.) The future of motherhood in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Hakim, Catherine (2009) (How) can social policy and fiscal policy recognise unpaid family work? Renewal: a journal of labour poliltics, ISSN 0968-252X

2008

Hakim, Catherine (2008) Do we need more social engineering for sex equality? Tribune, pp. 12-13.

Hakim, Catherine (2008) Diversity in tastes, values and preferences: comment on Jonung and Stahlberg. Economic journal watch, 5 (2). pp. 204-218. ISSN 1933-527X

Hakim, Catherine (2008) Is gender equality legislation becoming counter-productive? Pubic policy research, 15 (3). pp. 133-136. ISSN 1744-5396

2007

Hakim, Catherine and Alberdi, Inés (2007) Ideas y valores que influyen en los comportamientos familiares. In: Delgado, Margarita, (ed.) Encuesta de fecundidad, familia y valores 2006. Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, Spain, pp. 143-215.

Hakim, Catherine (2007) Who works harder? Prospect, ISSN 1359-5024

Hakim, Catherine (2007) Dancing with the devil?: essentialism and other feminist heresies. British journal of sociology, 58 (1). pp. 123-132. ISSN 0007-1315

Hakim, Catherine (2007) Models of the family, women's role and social policy: a new perspective from preference theory. Tidsskriftet politik, Spring, 2007

Hakim, Catherine (2007) The politics of female diversity in the 21st century. In: Browne, Jude, (ed.) The future of gender. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 191-227. ISBN 9780511339783

2006

Hakim, Catherine (2006) Women, careers, and work-life preferences. British journal of guidance and counselling, 34 (3). pp. 279-294. ISSN 0306-9885

2005

Hakim, Catherine (2005) Familia y trabajo: una polarización de los estilos de vida en Gran Bretaña y España. In: Monreal, J. and Díaz, C. and García Escríbano, J. J., (eds.) Viejas Sociedades, Nueva Sociolgía. Centro de Investigaciónes Sociólogicas, Madrid, Spain.

Hakim, Catherine (2005) Getting diversity into work-life balance: viewpoint article. People management,

Hakim, Catherine (2005) Modelos de familia en las sociedades modernas: ideales y realidades. Centro de Investigaciónes Sociológicas, Madrid, Spain. ISBN 9788474763782

Hakim, Catherine (2005) Sex differences in work-life balance goals. In: Houston, Diane, (ed.) Work-life balance in the 21st century. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 55-79.

2004

Hakim, Catherine (2004) Do family-friendly policies benefit women? Wall Street journal,

Hakim, Catherine (2004) Key issues in women's work : female diversity and the polarisation of women's employment. GlassHouse Press, London, UK. ISBN 1904385168

2003

Hakim, Catherine (2003) The search for equality. Work and occupations, 30 (4). pp. 401-411. ISSN 0730-8884

Hakim, Catherine (2003) A new approach to explaining fertility patterns: preference theory. Population and development review, 29 (3). pp. 349-374. ISSN 0098-7921

Hakim, Catherine (2003) Public morality versus personal choice: the failure of social attitude surveys. British journal of sociology, 54 (3). pp. 339-345. ISSN 0007-1315

Hakim, Catherine (2003) Competing family models, competing social policies. Family matters, (64). pp. 51-61. ISSN 1030-2646

Hakim, Catherine (2003) Models of the family in modern societies: ideals and realities. Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 9780754644064

Hakim, Catherine (2003) Parenthood. In: Demeny, Paul and McNicoll, Geoffrey, (eds.) Encyclopedia of population. Macmillan Reference, New York, USA, pp. 148-177. ISBN 9780028656779

Hakim, Catherine (2003) Lifestyle preferences versus patriarchal values: causal and non-causal attitudes. In: Zollinger Giele, Janet and Holst, Elke, (eds.) Changing life patterns in Western industrial societies. JAI, London, UK, pp. 69-94. ISBN 0762310200

2002

Hakim, Catherine (2002) Lifestyle preferences as determinants of women's differentiated labour market careers. Work and occupations, 29 (4). pp. 428-459. ISSN 0730-8884

Hakim, Catherine (2002) Mother and child solutions; what women want. The Age, ISSN 0312-6307

2001

Hakim, Catherine (2001) Taking women seriously. People and place, 9 (4). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1039-4788

Hakim, Catherine (2001) Alternative European models of women's roles in the family and the labour market. In: Haller, Max, (ed.) The making of the European Union: contributions of the social sciences. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 265-286. ISBN 9783540410126

2000

Hakim, Catherine (2000) Marry up and stay at home. Times higher education supplement, ISSN 0049-3929

Hakim, Catherine (2000) Work-lifestyle choices in the 21st century: preference theory. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199242092

Hakim, Catherine (2000) Research design: successful designs for social and economic research. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415223126

1999

Hakim, Catherine (1999) Models of the family, women's role and social policy: a new perspective from preference theory. European societies, 1 (1). pp. 33-58. ISSN 1461-6696

Hakim, Catherine (1999) Diversity and choice in the sexual contract: models for the 21st century. In: Dench, Geoff, (ed.) Rewriting the sexual contract. Transaction Press, Somerset, NJ, pp. 165-179. ISBN 9780765804662

Hakim, Catherine (1999) Working time in Britain: non-regulation and laisser faire policies. In: Kravaritou, Yota, (ed.) The regulation of working time in the European Union: gender perspectives. PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 269-303.

1998

Hakim, Catherine (1998) Developing a sociology for the twenty-first century: preference theory. British journal of sociology, 49 (1). pp. 137-143. ISSN 0007-1315

Hakim, Catherine (1998) Social change and innovation in the labour market: evidence from the census SARs on occupational segregation and labour mobility, part-time working and student jobs. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198293811

1997

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Hakim, Catherine, (eds.) (1997) Between equalization and marginalization: women working part-time in Europe. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198280866

Hakim, Catherine (1997) A sociological perspective on part-time work. In: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Hakim, Catherine, (eds.) Between equalization and marginalization: women working part-time in Europe and the United States of America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 22-70. ISBN 9780198280866

Hakim, Catherine and Hepple, B. A. (1997) Working time in the United Kingdom. In: Blanpain, R. and Rojot, J., (eds.) Legal and contractual limitations to working time in the European Community member states. Peeters for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 659-693.

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Hakim, Catherine (1997) Introduction: a comparative perspective on part-time work. In: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Hakim, Catherine, (eds.) Between equalization and marginalization: women working part-time in Europe and the United States of America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9780198280866

1996

Hakim, Catherine (1996) Labour mobility and employment stability: rhetoric and reality on the sex ferential in labour-market behaviour. European sociological review, 12 (1). pp. 1-36. ISSN 0266-7215

Hakim, Catherine (1996) Mummy, I want to be a housewife. Times higher education supplement, ISSN 0049-3929

Hakim, Catherine (1996) Exposed: the great career woman myth. The daily mail, ISSN 0307-7578

Hakim, Catherine (1996) The sexual division of labour and women's heterogeneity. British journal of sociology, 47 (1). pp. 178-188. ISSN 0007-1315

Hakim, Catherine (1996) Theoretical and measurement issues in the analysis of occupational segregation. In: Beckmann, P., (ed.) Gender specific occupational segregation. IAB, Nuremburg, Germany, pp. 67-88.

Hakim, Catherine (1996) Key issues in women's work: female heterogeneity and the polarisation of women's employment. Athlone Press, London, UK.

1995

Hakim, Catherine (1995) Five feminist myths about women's employment. British journal of sociology, 46 (3). pp. 429-455. ISSN 0007-1315

Hakim, Catherine (1995) 1991 census SARs: opportunities and pitfalls in the labour market data. Work, employment and society, 9 (3). pp. 569-582. ISSN 0950-0170

1994

Hakim, Catherine (1994) A century of change in occupational segregation 1891-1991. Journal of historical sociology, 7 (4). pp. 435-454. ISSN 0952-1909

Hakim, Catherine (1994) Contributions on: The sociology of economic life, Labour sociology, Industrial relations, Demography, Political sociology, Criminology, Social policy, Research design, Research methods, and Social statistics. In: Marshall, Gordon, (ed.) The concise Oxford dictionary of sociology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

1993

Hakim, Catherine (1993) Refocusing research on occupational segregation: reply to Watts. European sociological review, 9 (3). pp. 321-324. ISSN 0266-7215

Hakim, Catherine (1993) Segregated and integrated occupations: a new approach to analysing social change. European sociological review, 9 (3). pp. 289-314. ISSN 0266-7215

Hakim, Catherine (1993) The myth of rising female employment. Work, employment and society, 7 (1). pp. 97-120. ISSN 0950-0170

Hakim, Catherine (1993) Research analysis of administrative records. In: Hammersley, Martyn, (ed.) Social research: philosophy, politics and practice. Sage, London, UK, pp. 131-145.

1992

Hakim, Catherine (1992) Explaining trends in occupational segregation: the measurement, causes, and consequences of the sexual division of labour. European sociological review, 8 (2). pp. 127-152. ISSN 0266-7215

Hakim, Catherine (1992) Unemployment, marginal work and the black economy. In: McLaughlin, Eithne, (ed.) Understanding unemployment: new perspectives on active labour market policies. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 144-159. ISBN 9780415078054

1991

Hakim, Catherine (1991) Grateful slaves and self-made women: fact and fantasy in women's work orientations. European sociological review, 7 (2). pp. 101-121. ISSN 0266-7215

Hakim, Catherine (1991) Cross-national comparative research on the European Community: The EC Labour Force Surveys. Work, employment and society, 5 (1). pp. 101-117. ISSN 0950-0170

1990

Hakim, Catherine (1990) Core and periphery in employers' workforce strategies: evidence from the 1987 E.L.U.S. survey. Work, employment and society, 4 (2). pp. 157-188. ISSN 0950-0170

Hakim, Catherine (1990) Workforce restructuring in Europe in the 1980's. International journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations, 5 (4). pp. 167-203. ISSN 0952-617X

1989

Hakim, Catherine (1989) Free access to public data. The house magazine, ISSN 0309-0426

Hakim, Catherine (1989) Employment rights: a comparison of part-time and full-time employees. Industrial law journal, 18 (2). pp. 69-83. ISSN 0305-9332

Hakim, Catherine (1989) New recruits in self-employment in the 1980's. Employment gazette, 97 pp. 286-297. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1989) Identifying fast growth small firms. Employment gazette, 97 pp. 29-41. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1989) Workforce restructuring, social insurance coverage and the black economy. Journal of social policy, 18 (4). pp. 471-503. ISSN 1469-7823

1988

Hakim, Catherine (1988) Self-employment in Britain: recent trends and current issues. Work, employment and society, 2 (4). pp. 421-450. ISSN 0950-0170

Hakim, Catherine (1988) Homeworking in Britain. In: Pahl, R. E., (ed.) On work: historical, comparative and theoretical approaches. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 609-632. ISBN 9780631157625

Hakim, Catherine (1988) Home-based work in Britain: an example of the expanding flexible workforce. In: The changing nature of employment: new forms and new areas. Report of the EC Conference held in Paris on 19-20 June 1987. Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 348-362.

1987

Hakim, Catherine (1987) Trends in the flexible workforce. Employment gazette, 95 pp. 549-560. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1987) Homeworking in Britain: key findings from the national survey of home-based workers. Employment gazette, 95 pp. 92-104. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1987) Research design: strategies and choices in the design of social research. Allen and Unwin, London, UK.

Hakim, Catherine (1987) Home-based work in Britain: a report on the 1981 National Homeworking Survey and the DE Research Programme on Homework. Department of Employment, London, UK

1985

Hakim, Catherine (1985) Employers use of outwork: a study using the 1980 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey and the 1981 National Survey of Homeworking. Department of Employment, London, UK

Hakim, Catherine (1985) Social monitors: population censuses as social surveys. In: Bulmer, Martin, (ed.) Essays on the history of British sociological research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 39-51.

1984

Hakim, Catherine (1984) Data dissemination for the population census. Social science information studies, 4 (4). pp. 273-282. ISSN 0143-6236

Hakim, Catherine (1984) Employers use of homework, outwork and freelances. Employment gazette, 92 pp. 144-150. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1984) Homework and outwork: national estimates from two surveys. Employment gazette, 92 pp. 7-12. ISSN 0309-5045

1983

Hakim, Catherine (1983) Research based on administrative records. Sociological review, 31 (3). pp. 489-519. ISSN 0038-0261

1982

Hakim, Catherine (1982) The social consequences of high unemployment. Journal of social policy, 11 (4). pp. 433-467. ISSN 0047-2794

Hakim, Catherine (1982) Homeworking in the London clothing industry. Employment gazette, 90 pp. 339-376. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1982) Secondary analysis and the relationship between official and academic social research. Sociology, 16 (1). pp. 12-28. ISSN 0038-0385

Hakim, Catherine and Dennis, Roger (1982) Homeworking in wages council industries: a study based on Wages Inspectorate records of pay and earnings. Department of Employment, London, UK

Hakim, Catherine and Hawes, W. R. (1982) Labour force and income statistics: text for course D291 Statistical Sources. Open University, Milton Keynes.

Hakim, Catherine (1982) Secondary analysis in social research: a guide to data sources and methods with examples. Allen and Unwin / Unwin Hyman, London, UK.

1981

Hakim, Catherine (1981) Job segregation: trends in the 1970's. Employment gazette, 89 pp. 521-529. ISSN 0309-5045

1980

Hakim, Catherine (1980) Homeworking: some new evidence. Employment gazette, 88 pp. 1105-1110. ISSN 0309-5045

Hakim, Catherine (1980) Census reports as documentary evidence: the census commmentaries 1801-1951. Sociological review, 28 (3). pp. 551-580. ISSN 0038-0261

Hakim, Catherine (1980) Social aspects of employment: data for policy research. Journal of social policy, 9 (1). pp. 77-98. ISSN 1469-7823

1979

Hakim, Catherine (1979) The population census and its by-products: databases for research. International social science journal, 31 (2). pp. 343-352. ISSN 0020-8701

Hakim, Catherine (1979) Census confidentiality in Britain. In: Bulmer, M., (ed.) Censuses, surveys and privacy. Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 132-157.

Hakim, Catherine (1979) Occupational segregation: a comparative study of Britain, the United States and other countries. Department of Employment, London, UK

1978

Hakim, Catherine (1978) Sexual divisions within the labour force: occupational segregation. Department of Employment gazette, 86 pp. 1264-1279.

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