Policy, Preferences, and Patriarchy: The Division of Domestic Labor in East Germany, West Germany, and the United States

Cooke, Lynn Prince

doi:10.1093/sp/jxj005

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“…Countries vary considering the extent to which work-family policies reinforce gendered responsibilities for unpaid and paid work (e.g., Cooke 2006;Korpi 2000;Orloff 1993). Previous studies have shown that social support from the state influences mothers' labour market participation and attachment (see Allen et al 2013;Misra, Budig, and Boeckman 2011;Keck and Saraceno 2013).…”

Section: Work-family Policies and Gender Norms In Different Welfare Smentioning

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Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

Fahlén¹

2016

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDDual-earner families are widespread in contemporary Europe, yet the division of housework is highly gendered, with women still bearing the lion's share. However, women in dual-career couples and in other types of non-traditional couples, across and within different European countries, appear to handle the division of housework differently. OBJECTIVEThe objective of this study is to examine the division of housework among various couple-earner types, by determining i) whether relative resources, time spent on paid work, gender attitudes, and family structure reduce variations in housework between different couple types, and ii) whether the division of housework varies between countries with different work-family policies and gender norms. METHODSThe study uses data from ten countries, representing different welfare regime types, extracted from the European Social Survey (2010/11), and employs multivariate regressions and aggregated analysis of the association between the division of housework and the contextual indices. RESULTSThe results show that dual-career couples divide housework more equally than dualearner couples, relating more to the fact that the former group of women do less housework in general, rather than that men are doing more. The cross-national analysis shows tangible differences between dual-earner and dual-career couples; however, the difference is less marked with respect to the division of housework in countries with more institutional support for work-family reconciliation and less traditional gender norms.

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Section: Work-family Policies and Gender Norms In Different Welfare Smentioning

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Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

Fahlén¹

2016

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“…While many studies note that gender norms are persistent and continue to dictate household's earning strategies, some comparative researchers have argued and empirically shown that there are important differences in gendered behaviour and attitudes by nationalinstitutional context (Pfau-Effinger 1998;Cooke 2006;O'Reilly et al, 2014). Their evidence suggests that policy and history structure the gender contract between men and women and that they are, therefore, open to change (O'Reilly et al, 2014).…”

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A stalled revolution? What can we learn from women’s drop-out to part-time jobs: A comparative analysis of Germany and the UK

Dieckhoff

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Mertens

et al. 2016

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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“…In 2012, 22 % of children under three years attended formal day-care facilities in West Germany compared to 46 % in East Germany (Statistisches Bundesamt 2012). Mothers in East Germany remain more accepting of full-time employment and of using formal child care for young children than those in West Germany (Cooke, 2006;Raz-Yurovich, 2012). As a result, the employment decisions of West German mothers with a youngest child under the age of three may depend more strongly on whether they feel comfortable with the quality of care offered in local ECEC centers than of mothers in East Germany (Hypothesis 3a).…”

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“…West Germany has had a long history of extended maternal leaves after childbirth and policies supporting the male breadwinner family model, whereas in East Germany mothers' labor force participation traditionally has been encouraged via publicly provided day care and other family polices (Rosenfeld et al, 2004). These historical differences are still reflected in more conservative attitudes of parents towards maternal employment and using formal day-care for young children in West Germany compared to East Germany and to the US (Cooke, 2006;RazYurovich, 2012;Rosenfeld et al, 2004).…”

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Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

Schober

Spieß

2014

SSRN Journal

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Policy, Preferences, and Patriarchy: The Division of Domestic Labor in East Germany, West Germany, and the United States

Abstract: Individual agency observed in the gendered division of labor is

Cited by 70 publications

References 57 publications

Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

A stalled revolution? What can we learn from women’s drop-out to part-time jobs: A comparative analysis of Germany and the UK

Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany

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