The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work-Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes

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

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“…In contexts where gender-traditional attitudes prevail, work-family balance policies do not impact fertility levels as positively as in contexts where gender-egalitarian attitudes are the norm. This is because uncertainty about women's role leads to dilemmas around women's participation in work and family life (McDonald 2006;Budig, Misra, and Boeckmann 2012;Esping-Andersen et al 2013;Boeckmann, Misra, and Budig 2015).…”

Section: A Cross-national Comparative Frameworkmentioning

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Family migration in a cross-national perspective: The importance of institutional and cultural context

Vidal¹,

Perales²,

Lersch³

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Section: A Cross-national Comparative Frameworkmentioning

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Family migration in a cross-national perspective: The importance of institutional and cultural context

Vidal¹,

Perales²,

Lersch³

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“…Motherhood, however, is associated with fewer hours, less work, and lower income for women in many countries in the developed world (Budig and England 2001;Budig, Misra, and Boeckmann 2012;Gash 2009;Harkness and Waldfogel 2003). The maternal penalty is reduced in countries where norms and public policies support mother's work (Budig, Misra, and Boeckmann 2012;Gash 2009), but the broader set of findings in this research lead us to expect that motherhood is generally associated with lower labor force participation, fewer hours, and less personal income for women. Indeed, our analysis of data taken from the World Bank, the OECD, and DHS indicates that a motherhood penalty exists at the national level when it comes to women's labor force participation.…”

Section: Families and The Wealth Of Nations 185mentioning

confidence: 68%

Unequal Family Lives

2018

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Across the Americas and Europe, the family has changed and marriage is in retreat. To answer the question of what is driving these changes and how they impact social and economic inequality, progressives have typically focused on the economic causes of changing family structures, whereas conservatives tend to stress cultural and policy roots. In this illuminating book, an international group of scholars revisit these issues, offering competing and contrasting perspectives from left, center, and right, while also adding a third layer of analysis: namely, the role of gender -changes in women's roles, male employment patterns, and gendered family responsibilities -in driving family change across three continents. Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and the Americas adds richness and depth to our understanding of the relationship between family and economics in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at http://dx

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“…Nous envisageons de faire dans le futur d'autres analyses longitudinales pour approfondir la réflexion sur les risques de pauvreté par rapport aux changements des statuts familiaux. Nous envisageons intégrer aussi d'autres facteurs comme l'impact du statut d'emploi (Budig et al, 2010) sur les trajectoires de pauvreté des familles monoparentales. Des méthodes longitudinales multivariées seront utilisées dans ce sens.…”

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Trajectoires de pauvreté et monoparentalité : le Québec dans une perspective comparative

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2013

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Le Québec a réalisé des progrès remarquables sur le plan de la lutte à la pauvreté chez les familles et particulièrement les monoparentales. Sur la dernière décennie, ses taux de pauvreté étaient souvent plus faibles que le reste du Canada. Le but de cet article est d’explorer une nouvelle approche longitudinale de la pauvreté pour voir si le Québec conserve toujours sa position de leader. Cette approche cherche à comprendre comment les familles québécoises peuvent être confrontées à la pauvreté dans leur parcours de vie. Nos résultats montrent que les familles monoparentales dans les autres principales provinces canadiennes ont été plus souvent touchées par des périodes de pauvreté entre 2002 et 2007 comparativement au Québec. Par contre, lorsque la pauvreté frappe ces ménages, le temps nécessaire pour remonter la pente est presque le même quelle que soit la province de résidence.Quebec has realized remarkable progress in its fight against poverty, among families, but especially among single parent families. Over the last ten years the province’s poverty rates have generally been lower than those in the rest of Canada. The aim of this article is to explore whether Quebec’s cross-sectional successes have translated into longitudinal successes. A longitudinal perspective helps us to better understand how poverty effects Quebec families over the life course. We find that lone-parent families in the other major Canadian provinces were more likely than those in Quebec to experience bouts of poverty between 2002 and 2007. However, once families entered into poverty, the time needed to climb back out of poverty was roughly the same.Quebec ha realizado importantes avances en materia de lucha contra la pobreza a nivel de las familias, particularmente de las familias monoparentales. En el último decenio, sus tasas de pobreza eran con frecuencia inferiores a las del resto de Canadá. El objetivo de este artículo es explorar un nuevo enfoque longitudinal de la pobreza con el fin de observar si Quebec aún conserva su posición de líder en la lucha contra ésta. Este enfoque busca comprender cómo las familias quebequenses se confrontan a la pobreza en el transcurso de sus vidas. Los resultados muestran que, entre 2000 y 2007, las familias monoparentales en las principales provincias canadienses han sido con frecuencia más afectadas por periodos de pobreza (de forma más permanente que intermitente) respecto a las familias en Quebec. No obstante, cuando la pobreza golpea a estos hogares, el tiempo necesario para recuperarse es casi el mismo, independientemente de la provincia de residencia

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The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work-Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes

Cited by 341 publications

References 49 publications

Family migration in a cross-national perspective: The importance of institutional and cultural context

Family migration in a cross-national perspective: The importance of institutional and cultural context

Unequal Family Lives

Trajectoires de pauvreté et monoparentalité : le Québec dans une perspective comparative

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