scholarly journals Labor Force Participation of Women in the EU What Role Do Family Policies Play?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gehringer ◽  
Stephan Klasen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Labor Force Participation of Women in the EU - What Role do Family Policies Play?

Labour ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gehringer ◽  
Stephan Klasen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Gender Norms, Work-Family Policies, and Labor Force Participation among Immigrant and Native-born Women in Western Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311880470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christel Kesler
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

Though women’s labor force participation has increased over recent decades, it remains lower than men’s in nearly every advanced democracy. Some groups of migrant and ethnic minority women have especially low rates of labor force participation, which is often attributed to cultures of origin that are less normatively supportive of women’s paid work outside the home. I argue in this paper that the gender norms women have been exposed to in their families and countries of origin interact with work-family policies to shape patterns of labor force participation. Cultural and familial norms about women’s employment outside the home are influential for women’s labor force participation in contexts of weak work-family policies. However, they cease to matter in determining women’s labor force participation in contexts of strong work-family policies.

Fertility, Sex Role Attitudes, and Labor Force Participation

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arland Thornton ◽  
Donald Camburn
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Sex Role Attitudes ◽  
Female Role ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Future ◽  
Role Definitions ◽  
National Fertility Study

Data from the 1970 National Fertility Study were used to investigate the relationships between sex role attitudes and the childbearing and labor force participation of women. While several relevant dimensions of sex role attitudes were identified, it was found that the most crucial aspect for working and fertility was the extent to which the woman identified the female role as that of housewife and homemaker. Those having traditional definitions concerning this role were less likely to be working, and had fewer plans to work in the future. In addition, as expected, women with traditional sex role definitions had more children than others. While the orientation of the woman toward the home was the primary correlate of work and fertility, those who felt that women had little control over their lives had higher fertility than others—a relationship which could be explained partially, but not entirely, in terms of unplanned childbearing.

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