Do Women Face a Glass Ceiling at Home? The Division of Household Work among Dual-Earner Couples

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Lichard ◽  
Filip Pertold ◽  
Samuel Škoda
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
At Home

Father involvement in child care and household work in common-law dual-earner and single-earner Jamaican families

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine ◽  
Janet Brown ◽  
Priscilla Snell-White ◽  
Nancy Beth Riegraf ◽  
Devon Crossley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Dual Earner

Husband/Wife Differentials In Household Work Time: The Case of Dual-Earner Families

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abdel-Ghany ◽  
Sharon Y. Nickols
Keyword(s):  
Household Work ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Dual Earner

scholarly journals Ripple Effects of Surface Acting: A Diary Study among Dual-Earner Couples

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold B. Bakker ◽  
Ana Isabel Sanz-Vergel ◽  
Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz ◽  
Mirko Antino
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Surface Acting ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Emotional Energy ◽  
Emotional Labour ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
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AbstractThis study among 80 dual-earner couples examines the ripple effects of emotional labour – on a daily basis. Specifically, we propose that employees who engage in surface acting at work drain their energetic resources, and undermine their own relationship satisfaction. Drawing upon conservation of resources (COR) theory, we predicted that work-related exhaustion would mediate the relationship between surface acting at work and at home. In addition, we hypothesized that employees’ emotional energy in the evening would mediate the relationship between surface acting at home and (actor and partner) satisfaction with the relationship. Participants filled in a survey and a diary booklet during five consecutive working days (N = 80 couples, N = 160 participants x 5 days, N = 800 occasions). The hypotheses were tested with multilevel analyses, using the actor–partner interdependence model. Results showed that daily work-related exhaustion partially mediated the relationship between daily surface acting at work and at home. As hypothesized, daily surface acting at home influenced own and partner’s daily relationship satisfaction through reduced daily emotional energy. These findings offer support for COR theory, and have important implications for organizations that encourage emotion regulation.

scholarly journals By Default: The Origins of Gendered Inequalities in Pandemic Parenting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica McCrory Calarco ◽  
Emily Victoria Meanwell ◽  
Elizabeth M. Anderson ◽  
Amelia Knopf
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Educational Gaps ◽  
At Home

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased families’ childcare responsibilities, disproportionately affecting mothers and undermining their careers and wellbeing. Using two waves of interviews with 77 mothers of young children, we examined why mothers—especially in dual-earner, different-gender couples—took on more pandemic parenting. We found that pre-pandemic gendered structures of paid work led many families to lean on mothers by default. First, within-couple gaps in job types, pay, and work hours led some mothers to do more childcare to protect partners’ work as primary earners. Second, educational gaps within couples led some mothers to do more as the only parent able to work fully remote. Third, pre-pandemic childcare gaps within couples led children (and partners) to rely more heavily on mothers, even when both partners were home full-time. We discuss the implications for research on gender inequalities in paid work and parenting and for policy efforts to address gender inequalities at home.

scholarly journals Education and the division of household labor in dual-earner families

2001 ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Miettinen Anneli
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Finnish Study ◽  
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This article is the first report of a study on policies and the division of paid and unpaidwork in families in Finland. The article examines the division ofhousehold labor and itsdeterminants in Finnish dual-eamer families. The main objective is to examine whethereducation has any impact on the division ofunpaid work and men's participation in itcontrolling fr other variables. It was found, that among women, rising educationallevels, non-traditional attitudes and younger age cohort had a negative impact on timespent on housework, while among men only reduced time in employment and nontraditionalattitudes increased the contribution at home. While both men and womenwith higher education and non-traditional attitudes were more likely to perceive theirrelative division as more equal, an analysis of the absolute number of hours spent onhousework seems to support the notion that more equal distribution of tasks at home ismore or less a result of younger and educated women doing less housework. The datacomes from a survey conducted in 1998, in which 2,500 Finnish men and women werequestioned about time use, employment, attitudes about gender roles, work and family,andreconciliation ofwork and family. The Finnish study is part ofa Europeanresearchproject which studies the division oflabor in families in different cultural, political andsocietal settings.

scholarly journals Is it “Good” to Have a Stay-at-Home Mom? Parental Childcare Time and Work–Family Arrangements in Italy, 1988–2014

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia M Dotti Sani
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Past ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
Childcare Time ◽  
Work Family ◽  
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Abstract This article investigates whether there are childcare penalties and premiums at the intersection of gender, work–family arrangements, and education among parents in Italy, a country with a familistic welfare state and a traditional division of labor within couples. The results indicate that children in male breadwinner households are not exposed to more childcare time than those living in a dual-earner arrangement, except when both parents are highly educated, in which case a childcare premium emerges. The implications for social inequalities are discussed in light of the societal transformations that have occurred in the country over the past few decades.

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