The relationship between work-family policies and pro-environmental behaviour of single mothers as economically disadvantaged group
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13084288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Marie Parth (0000-0002-8846-6141, LMU Klinikum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-345 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2325-1042 • E-ISSN: 2325-1042 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23251042.2024.2353754 |
| OpenAlex | W4396976672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 52 |
Single mothers are among the group with the highest risks of poverty. At the same time, pro-environmental behaviour research introduced the 'motherhood effect', theorising that the carer role of mothers makes them more likely to engage in pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). Considering that PEB is often expensive, the expectation is that economic insecurities make single mothers hardly able to choose for PEB. In this article, I theorise and test the ability of work-family policies to moderate the relationship by giving the otherwise lacking resources. Estimating multilevel models based on survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (2010) and the OECD Family Database for 21 OECD country years, I find that generous spending on early childhood education and care increases the likelihood for PEB among single but not among partnered mothers. The paper contributes to the environment-welfare nexus by demonstrating the need for intersectoral and inclusive policy approaches
Child care · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Multilevel model · Nexus (standard · Poverty · Public economics · Single mothers · Sociology · Test (biology · Welfare · Work (physics · Energy and Environment Impacts · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |