Failing family policy in post-communist Central Europe

Saxonberg, Steven; Sirovátka, Tomáš

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“…In many of those countries childcare provision for the youngest children (under age 3) is even worse than in many western European countries and men's levels of involvement in unpaid labor at home are relatively low (Fisher and Robinson 2011). Instead, women are offered extensive parental leave opportunities to provide care at home (Saxonberg and Sirovátka 2006;Robila 2012). Nonetheless, in our study we found that raising children does not affect women's employment in this part of Europe in general and has an only slightly negative effect on the probability of working among partnered women.…”

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The Causal Effects of the Number of Children on Female Employment - Do European Institutional and Gender Conditions Matter?

Baranowska-Rataj

Matysiak

2016

J Labor Res

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This paper contributes to the discussion on the effects of the number of children on female employment in Europe. Most previous research has either (1) compared these effects across countries, assuming an exogeneity of family size; or (2) used methods that dealt with endogeneity of family size, but that focused on single countries. We combine these two approaches by taking a cross-country comparative perspective and applying quasi-experimental methods. We use instrumental variable models, with multiple births as instruments, and the harmonized data from the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We examine the cross-country variation in the effects of family size on maternal employment across groups of European countries with different welfare state regimes. This step gives us an opportunity to investigate whether the revealed crosscountry differences in the magnitude of the effect of the family size on maternal employment can be attributed to the diversity of European institutional arrangements, as well as the cultural and the structural conditions for combining work and family duties.

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Section: Discussion Of Key Findingsmentioning

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The Causal Effects of the Number of Children on Female Employment - Do European Institutional and Gender Conditions Matter?

Baranowska-Rataj

Matysiak

2016

J Labor Res

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“…Moreover, social expectations were reinforced, emphasising different social roles for men and women. These processes gradually turned re-familisation into an accepted and crystallised norm in these countries (Saxonberg and Sirovátka, 2006). (This can be contrasted with the de-familisation process which occurred in Scandinavian countries accompanied by greater access for females to paid labour, better general access to welfare services and the more active role of fathers in child care.…”

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“…The situation is exacerbated by the limited access to child-care facilities (Scharle, 2007). According to several studies (Saxonberg and Sirovátka, 2006;Szikra and Szelewa, 2010;Klenner and Hasková, 2010;Křížková et al, 2010;Plomien, 2009) in all post-socialist countries except Slovenia familialism is dominant and can be identified in the poor availability and insufficient quality of childcare and care for the elderly. Long parental leave schemes, as mentioned previously, might also serve as a double-edge sword when it comes to the return of mothers to the labour market.…”

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Work-life Balance and Gender Regime After the Economic Transition

Nagy¹,

Király²,

Géring³

2016

Intersections

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“…Formánková and Dobrotić 2011] (the result of sharp decrease in the availability and affordability of childcare services, parental leave for up to three years, and the unavailability of part-time and fl exible working hours) [Blum, Formánková and Dobrotić 2014;Křížková and Vohlídalová 2009]. As a consequence of these policies and the gendered norms of a traditional division of work and care in couples and families, in the Czech Republic we can see the motherhood has a signifi cant negative impact on female employment [Saxonberg and Sirovátka 2006;Křížková and Vohlídalová 2009].…”

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Love Will Keep Us Apart? Understanding Living Apart Together Partnerships in the Post-state-socialist Czech Republic

Formánková¹,

Křížková²

2015

Czech Sociological Review

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Living apart together (LAT) relationships are under-researched in European sociology and overlooked in Czech sociology. Based on data from 16 biographical interviews with partners living in separate households, this analysis focuses on how LAT is experienced, understood, and explained in the context of the post-state-socialist Czech Republic. Do LAT partners actively choose LAT to avoid or subvert the norm of co-residence? Or do they frame their situation as a result of external constraints and pressures? What is the role of gender norms and of the gendering of a life course in the LAT experience? Our results show the high value that current Czech society continues to place on co-residential partnerships. The study also shows that persistent gender and social inequalities, specifi c for the post state-socialist Czech Republic, make individual choices more diffi cult or impossible in both private life arrangements and when combining private life with work. A LAT partnership is not always the result of individual choices, but the relationship often is shaped by external structural and institutional pressures and gendered norms.

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Failing family policy in post-communist Central Europe

Cited by 126 publications

References 14 publications

The Causal Effects of the Number of Children on Female Employment - Do European Institutional and Gender Conditions Matter?

The Causal Effects of the Number of Children on Female Employment - Do European Institutional and Gender Conditions Matter?

Work-life Balance and Gender Regime After the Economic Transition

Love Will Keep Us Apart? Understanding Living Apart Together Partnerships in the Post-state-socialist Czech Republic

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