Artikel

Family policies and fathers’ working hours: cross-national differences in the paternal labour supply

Despite extensive research on the effect of family policies on the labour supply of mothers, little is known about how these policies affect fathers’ labour market outcomes. Using European panel data (EU-SILC) from 2003 to 2009 and multi-level models, this study analyses the effect of family policies on fathers’ working hours. The results indicate that fathers work less than childless men if they live in countries that offer well paid, non-transferable parental leave for fathers, short parental leave for mothers and generous family allowances. The effects, however, are strongly contingent on fathers’ educational levels. Whereas short maternal leaves are associated with shorter working hours among highly educated fathers, generous family allowances and father friendly parental leave schemes reduce the working hours of less educated fathers.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Work, Employment and Society ; ISSN: 1469-8722 ; Volume: 30 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 256-274 ; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
family policies
fatherhood
working hours

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bünning, Mareike
Pollmann-Schult, Matthias
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Sage
(wo)
Thousand Oaks, CA
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.1177/0950017015578999
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Bünning, Mareike
  • Pollmann-Schult, Matthias
  • Sage

Entstanden

  • 2016

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