Income management and decision-making – Does the individual income determine the power allocation within couples?

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Zusammenfassung: Für die betrachtung haushaltsinterner ungleichheit ist die Frage zentral, welche Faktoren partnerschaftliche Machtungleichgewichte determinieren. der sozialen Austauschtheorie, der Ressourcentheorie und dem Cooperative-bargaining-Modell zufolge basiert Macht auf dem besitz individueller Ressourcen, vor allem des einkommens. diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des individuellen Einkommens ebenso wie des Haushaltseinkommens und von Kindern auf Macht in heterosexuellen ehen und Partnerschaften in deutschland. Macht, differenziert in ausführende und dirigierende Macht, wird anhand zweier Indikatoren gemessen: der einkommensverwaltung und der entscheidungsmacht. die Studie basiert auf dem Sozioökonomi-schen Panel von 2005. die deskriptive Analyse und multinomial logistische Regressionsmodelle zeigen, dass Machtungleichgewichte zu ungunsten der Frau unabhängig von ihrem einkommen bestehen. genderideologien liegen ebenfalls der Macht in Paarbeziehungen zugrunde. geld ist keine objektive Ressource, die für Frauen und Männer im gleichen Maße mit Macht verbunden ist. In zukünftigen Studien sollten daher persönliche normen und Werte berücksichtigt und theoretische Ansätze entwickelt werden, die nicht dem Rational-Choice-Paradigma folgen.Schlüsselwörter: haushaltsinterne ungleichheit · Macht · einkommen · geldverwaltung · entscheidungsmacht Abstract: In order to avoid the underestimation of social inequality in households and in the wider society, couples' power structure and, more specially, the factors, which generate this power, are important to explore. According to the social exchange theory, the resource theory

When My Money Becomes Our Money: Changes in Couples’ Money Management

“…Eleven per cent of couples without children and approximately 7 per cent of couples with children use this system. Moreover, results for the allocation of paid work and income support previous studies (Vogler, 2005; Lott, 2009). The independent management system is more often used when women work full-time.…”

“…Furthermore, because the decline of the pooling system is often ascribed to the decline of the male breadwinner model, changes in partners’ incomes and employment status are also taken into account. Accordingly, the present study ties in with previous research on marriage and money management systems (e.g., Singh and Lindsay, 1996; Burgoyne et al , 2006; Burgoyne et al , 2007) as well as with studies on the allocation of paid work and income (e.g., Laurie and Gershuny, 2000; Lott, 2009).…”

“…Previous research showed that the total amount of money to be managed plays a crucial role in money management systems (Vogler and Pahl, 1993). The higher the household income, the more likely couples are to separate their finances (Lott, 2009). It was therefore necessary to control for the household income 3 .…”

“…The higher the household income, the more likely couples are to separate their finances (Lott, 2009). It was therefore necessary to control for the household income.…”

Dinheiro e conjugalidade: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

“…Os resultados indicaram que mesmo quando a mulher é a principal provedora econômica, seu poder econômico vai sendo minimizado no momento em que sua renda excede a do marido. Com este comportamento o suposto poder masculino é preservado dentro do casamento; (6) Avaliou a infl uência da renda individual e familiar no poder exercido dentro de casamentos heterossexuais na Alemanha (Lott, 2009). Os resultados indicaram que as desvantagens de poder para mulheres existem independentemente de suas rendas, uma vez que o dinheiro não é um recurso objetivo que forneça poder às mulheres e aos homens igualmente.…”