Arbeitspapier
Flexible Jobs Make Parents Happier: Evidence from Australia
Recent studies have found that self-reported life satisfaction drops during the transition into parenthood which has been mainly attributed to work-family conflict. This study investigates whether different forms of flexible employment can alleviate this drop in parental life satisfaction during this period. A fixed-effects analysis in an event study framework using Australian household survey data (HILDA) delivers convincing evidence that working flexibly indeed alleviates the drop in subjective well-being suggesting that it relieves the stress related to work-family conflict. Moreover, we find substantial gender heterogeneity in the effects different types of flexible employment have on mothers and fathers. Mothers with short part-time jobs (0-20 hours per week) exhibit greater life satisfaction than mothers who work full-time, especially when their children are younger than 4 years old. Among fathers, self-scheduling and home-based work yield a significant increase in perceived happiness as compared to fixed employment terms. This is especially true for fathers of one- and two-years-olds. These results are consistent with a typical intra-household time allocation of parents in Australia.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13700
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- Thema
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work and family
transition to parenthood
subjective well-being
flexible work
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Yu, Shuye
Postepska, Agnieszka
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Yu, Shuye
- Postepska, Agnieszka
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2020
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