Too much or too little work? Couples' actual and preferred employment patterns and work hours mismatches in Europe
Abstract: The most widely cited European data on work hours mismatches at the couple level date back to the 1990s. The general gist of analyses of these data was that 'overworked' dual-earner couples frequently preferred work hours reductions, especially those with childcare responsibilities. This study uses more recent data from the European Social Survey (2010-12) to update the available evidence on actual and preferred breadwinner models and on the occurrence and determinants of work hours mismatches among couples in Europe. The focus is on differences between demographic groups and countries in the degree to which cohabiting couples are either underemployed (working fewer hours than desired) or overemployed (working more hours than desired). Our analyses show that about one third of couples are underemployed, while only one in ten report being overemployed. We identify low education and the presence of children below school age as risk factors for underemployment, whereas highly educated
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Zu viele oder zu wenige Arbeitsstunden? Haushaltserwerbsmuster und Arbeitszeitpräferenzen von Paaren in Europa
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung ; 30 (2018) 3 ; 269-292
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Wirtschaft
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2018
- Creator
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Steiber, Nadia
Haas, Barbara
- DOI
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10.3224/zff.v30i3.03
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-60784-8
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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25.03.2025, 1:45 PM CET
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- Steiber, Nadia
- Haas, Barbara
Time of origin
- 2018
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