Cross-National Patterns in Individual and Household Employment and Work Hours by Gender and Parenthood

Misra, Joya; Budig, Michelle J.; Boeckmann, Irene

doi:10.1108/s0277-2833(2011)0000022009

“…The male breadwinner/ female part-time carer model has become the predominant arrangement how couples with young children combine earning and caring in the UK and West-Germany (Crompton and Harris 1999;Lewis, Campbell and Huerta 2008;Misra, Budig and Böckmann 2010). This constitutes a compromise between a need or preference for women's employment and the expectation that women should be primary caregivers.…”

Section: Parental Leave Reforms and Other Contextual Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal Labor Market Return, Parental Leave Policies, and Gender Inequality in Housework

Schober

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2011

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. AbstractThis study investigates how the duration of the work interruption and the labor market status of mothers upon their return affect the division of housework in couples after a birth. By observing several parental leave policy reforms in Britain and West-Germany, this research also explores how extended leave entitlements for mothers influence the division of housework. The analysis uses multilevel multiprocess models for 1220 birth events of British couples and 1785 births to German couples based on data from the British Household Panel Survey (1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008) and the German Socio-Economic Panel . The results suggest that mothers increase their housework hours with every additional month of employment interruption. Mothers' full-time return seems more effective than a short labor market timeout in altering men's housework contributions and reducing the trend towards a more traditional division of housework. Parental leave policy extensions for ...

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“…When comparing women's labour force participation across these four contexts, the highest aggregate rates of participation are observed in Sweden, a country where men and women are expected to be actively engaged in market and non-market work across the life course and this expectation is reinforced with policies and norms emphasizing individual (economic) autonomy (Gornick and Meyers 2003;Misra et al 2011;Ciccia and Verloo 2012). In addition to generous parental leave wage replacement, mothers' market reentry is facilitated through job protection schemes, allowing women to return to the same position, or a similar position within a firm, after a lengthy statutory maternal leave period.…”

Section: Contextual Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Currently, aggregate participation rates are high and increasingly similar among men and women, particularly in the Northern and Western European countries that were part of our study (Misra et al 2011;OECD 2017). However, while men's labour force participation tends to be stable across the life course, women's labour force participation varies at different life stages, with lower or non-participation often corresponding to periods when (young) children are present in the household (Drobničet al 1999;Aassve et al 2007).…”

Section: Women and Work Across The Life Coursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…While men's labour force participation tends to be stable across the life course, women's labour market attachment is markedly lower during the prime childbearing years (Drobničet al 1999;Aassve et al 2007). Although there is a rich literature exploring the nature and magnitude of the association between the presence of (young) children in the household and women's economic activity (e.g., Drobničet al 1999;Goldin 2006;Aassve et al 2007;Misra et al 2011), little is known about how second-generation Turkish women in Europe navigate the competing responsibilities of work and family (De Valk, Windzio, et al 2011). The experiences of second-generation women may differ from their majority-group peers, as they may have unique experiences and expectations regarding work and motherhood (Choo and Ferree 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Differences in labour force participation by motherhood status among second-generation Turkish and majority women across Europe

Holland

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Valk

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2017

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Second-generation Turkish immigrants make up an increasingly important segment of European labour markets. These young adults are entering the prime working ages and forming families. However, we have only a limited understanding of the relationship between labour force participation and parenthood among second-generation Turkish women. Using unique data from the Integration of the European Second Generation survey (2007/08), we compared the labour force participation of second-generation Turkish women with their majority-group counterparts by motherhood status in four countries. We found evidence that motherhood gaps, with respect to labour force participation, were similar for majority and second-generation Turkish women in Germany and in Sweden; however, there may be larger gaps for second-generation mothers than for majority women in the Netherlands and France. Cross-national findings were consistent with the view that national normative and social policy contexts are relevant for the labour force participation of all women, regardless of migrant background.

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“…The male breadwinner/ female part-time carer model has become the predominant arrangement how couples with young children combine earning and caring in West Germany, whereas a greater share of mothers still work full-time in East Germany (Lewis, Campbell and Huerta 2008;Misra, Budig and Böckmann 2010). The traditional male breadwinner family in which mothers are mainly seen as second earners has been encouraged by joint income taxation for couples (for details see Steiner and Wrohlich 2004) The level of publicly subsidized childcare provision (in terms of places as well as opening hours) for children under the age of three was and still is very low in West Germany.…”

Section: Parental Leave and Other Contextual Variations In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental Leave Policies and Child Care Time in Couples after Childbirth

Schober

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2012

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Cross-National Patterns in Individual and Household Employment and Work Hours by Gender and Parenthood

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Maternal Labor Market Return, Parental Leave Policies, and Gender Inequality in Housework

Maternal Labor Market Return, Parental Leave Policies, and Gender Inequality in Housework

Differences in labour force participation by motherhood status among second-generation Turkish and majority women across Europe

Parental Leave Policies and Child Care Time in Couples after Childbirth

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