A5048317007- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Research in Social Sciences
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Labor Movements and Unions
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Labour Market and Migration
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- European Law and Migration
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Workplace Health and Well-being
Stockholm University
2013-2023
Swedish Institute
2004-2023
This article focuses on three countries with distinct policies toward motherhood and work: Germany, Sweden the United States. We analyze length of mothers' time out paid work after childbirth short-term career consequences for mothers. In States, we identify a punishment even short timeout periods; long time-out periods increase risk downward move reduce chances an upward move. destabilize and, longer leave, greater either or Sweden, find negative effect moves. Hence, in "woman-friendly"...
This article assesses the relative explanatory value of resource‐bargaining perspective and doing‐gender approach for division housework in United States Sweden from mid‐1970s to 2000. The data used are Panel Study Income Dynamics (PSID) Swedish Level Living Survey. Overall results show that was truly gendered work both countries during entire period. Even so, indicate that, unlike women, U.S. women seem increase their time spent when husbands some extent economically dependent on them, as...
We use the Swedish Young Adult Panel Study to study spouses’ gender ideology and women’s men’s division of routine housework child care. The results show that men with an egalitarian spend 1 hour more in per week than do other their spouses approximately 2 hours less women. Women’s ideology, contrast, only seems influence own time spent (and not spouses’). Couples wherein woman and/or man have a strong display gender-equal Equality care are linked when they live family In sum, articulated...
Most research on the division of housework is based cross-sectional studies. This study instead focuses way in which changes spouses' relative resources are related to housework. The data come from Swedish Level Living Survey for years 1991 and 2000. An important issue whether spouses can use their negotiations about analyses show that only result a moderate change women's share between nevertheless does take place indicates decreases if terms level education social status increased If...
Sweden is known for its policies aimed at facilitating the combination of work and family both mothers fathers. The parental leave insurance one important part these policies, considered to reduce work-family conflict women. However, there scarce knowledge about effects a long break may have on women's occupational careers studies topic so far mainly refer period up early 1990s. In addition, issues selectivity are seldom dealt with. present study, we focus mothers' leave-taking behaviour in...
Journal Article Is Gender Inequality Greater at Lower or Higher Educational Levels? Common Patterns in the Netherlands, Sweden, and United States Get access Marie Evertsson, Evertsson Email: marie.evertsson@sofi.su.se Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paula England, England Irma Mooi-Reci, Mooi-Reci Joan Hermsen, Hermsen Jeanne de Bruijn, Bruijn David Cotter Social Politics: International Studies Gender, State & Society, Volume 16, Issue 2, Summer 2009,...
We use the longitudinal Young Adult Panel Study to examine changes in subjective work commitment among new mothers Sweden. With a sample of childless women 1999, we study occurring between 1999 and 2003, comparing those who had child during this period with did not. In sample, there is no difference two groups terms commitment. However, gave birth are less committed than other women. Although women’s on average small, our findings indicate that transition motherhood – all it brings may lead...
Journal Article Formal On-the-Job Training: A Gender-Typed Experience and Wage-Related Advantage? Get access Marie Evertsson Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 162638; Fax: 154670; Email: marie.evertsson@sofi.su.se Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Sociological Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, 1 February 2004, Pages 79–94, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/20.1.79 Published: 01 2004 history...
We theorize how social policy affects marital stability vis-à-vis macro and micro effects of wives' employment on divorce risk in 11 Western countries. Correlations among 1990s aggregate data marriage, divorce, rates, along with attitudinal information, seem to support specialization hypotheses that rates are higher where more wives employed policies employment. This is an ecological fallacy, however, because the nature changes specific At level, we harmonize national longitudinal most...
Abstract The housework Swedish girls and boys age 10 to 18 do, their attitudes towards gender equality in the home are studied. One aim is see whether work children do gendered if so, they follow parents’, often gendered, pattern housework. A second children's influenced by parents’ practices. When it comes issues like these, Sweden of special interest because 1995, was appointed most equal country world United Nations. data used were Child Level Living Survey 2000 (see...
Swedish fathers' parental leave uptake has increased over time, but progress been moderate. In relation to this, we ask what factors hinder or facilitate the taking of by fathers and how – if at all influences father's relationshi
Abstract Sweden is often considered a forerunner in family change and developments towards less gendered production patterns. In this study, we focus on recent more gender-equal sharing of parental leave Sweden. We explore how fathers’ use has changed over time before since the turn century. As benefit individual earnings-based, examine socio-economic demographic characteristics are associated with their uptake time, to determine whether there forerunners laggards change. Multinomial...
Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der beruflichen Entwicklung von Müttern mit ungleichen Bildungsressourcen in international vergleichender Perspektive. Wir untersuchen die Strategien zur Vereinbarkeit Berufskarrieren und Elternschaft Deutschland, USA Schweden für Frauen unterschiedlichem Schulbildungsniveau. Die Analysen beruhen auf länderspezifischen Längsschnittdaten (GLHS-West, NLSY, LNU). Mit Hilfe ereignisanalytischer Verfahren wir, wie lange Mütter Bildungsniveau nach Geburt eines Kindes...
Abstract This article applies a couple perspective to assessing gender inequality in Sweden—a setting with high maternal labour force participation, long history of family policy investment, and strong norms equality. We address open questions about how couples’ earnings following parenthood have changed over time, patterns played out across educational groups. Our study uses fixed effects methods register data covering the total population heterosexual couples giving birth Sweden between...
This article assesses the impact of discontinuous work histories on young women’s occupational mobility in Germany, Sweden and US. Women with continuous are compared those gaps due to family leave, unemployment, or other reasons. The German Life History Study, Swedish Level Living Survey US National Longitudinal Youth used estimate Cox regression models transition rate downward upward mobility. results indicate that women face increased increasing duration both leave unemployment....
Research on the division of paid and unpaid work at transition to parenthood has rarely been able separate social construction gender motherhood/fatherhood identities from labour market financial factors. By bringing in female same-sex couples (SSC) comparing how influences parental leave SSC different-sex (DSC), we can isolate parents' as a predictor care physiological identity-forming aspects linked being birth-mother (or her partner). Analysing Swedish register data for who had their...
Working part-time can potentially be a great means of reducing work-life conflict for parents young children. However, research has not univocally found this attenuating relation, suggesting it may universal, but rather contingent on other factors. This study investigates whether the relation between work and is workplace support gender. Results show that short (<25 h) relates to lower levels both women men. We find some evidence affects relation: working in an organization with family...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on two welfare state regimes with differing degrees de‐familialisation strategies, Germany and Sweden, study whether how women's career interruptions influence their labour market prospects. By comparing women continuous careers those discontinuous due to: parental leave or homemaking; unemployment; other reasons, the authors explore support for skill depreciation hypothesis signalling theory. Depending type regime, expect be subject varying...
Unequal divisions of paid work and care among new parents contribute to increasing inequalities. One explanation for this is joint utility maximization the benefits partners (temporarily) specializing in care. This paper examines (dis)advantages compared dividing tasks more equally by studying whether differences specialization between same-sex different-sex couples lead household earnings after entering parenthood. Using register data from Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden examining...
The aim of the study was to analyze factors predicting (a) transition parenthood for female same-sex couples in Sweden and (b) which partner is birth mother first (any) second child.Longitudinal studies become parents are rare any context, even though these families increasing. Childbearing lesbian an interesting case testing theories linked family utility maximization household bargaining, as can often choose who will carry a child.Discrete-time event history linear probability models...
The purpose of the study is to contribute an understanding cultural and normative meaning birth motherhood how lesbian couples decide who carries child.