Inequality in the family: The institutional aspects of women’s earning contribution

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• 作者：Haya Stier ; Hadas M ; el
• 关键词：Employment-supportive policies ; Gender inequality ; Women’ ; s earning contribution ; Employment decisions ; Work– ; family interplay ; Multilevel modelling
• 刊名：Social Science Research
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：September 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：38
• 期：3
• 页码：594-608
• 全文大小：424 K

文摘

This paper examines the effect of employment-supportive policies and arrangements on women’s economic contribution to their family. Using samples of working-age couples in 21 countries we employ multilevel modeling to separate the effects of household and country-level variables on earnings. We distinguish two types of relevant contextual factors: those that support women’s employment while preserving their domestic roles and those that potentially reduce intra-family economic inequalities by allowing women to allocate more of their time to paid employment. The findings suggest that all employment-supportive policies and arrangements increase women’s relative contribution to the household income through their effect on female labor force participation. Among dual-earner families, however, higher rates of childcare facilities increase women’s contribution, while long maternity leave and part-time employment decrease it. These tendencies are more pronounced among mothers.