Melissa Vink
Biographic Data
| ID | 4395560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Vink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Vink |
| SIGNATURE | VINK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8393-368X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Like Parent, Like Child? Parent-Child Consistency as a Driver of Gender-Inequality in Occupations and Career and Family Roles Across Countries
Worldwide there is persistent gender inequality in the occupational and domestic spheres, with women being underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields and men being less involved in HEED (health care, elementary education, domestic sphere). This preregistered cross-cultural study examined the role of parents in the intergenerational transmission of these gender inequalities to their young adult children. Specif…
The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries
Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor markets are highly gender segregated (Charles, 1992, 2003). We conducted a focused investigation of this paradoxical pattern in the care economy, testing whether gender gaps in care economy career interest ar…
All is nice and well unless she outshines him
In two studies, we find that climbing the societal ladder has positive associations with women's well‐being and relationship outcomes but can also have negative consequences when women surpass their male partners in status. In Study 1 (N = 314), we found that women who reported having higher personal status also reported several positive relationship outcomes (e.g., higher relationship quality than women with lower personal status). However, thes…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
Penalized for Challenging Traditional Gender Roles
There is growing evidence that heterosexual relationships in which traditional gender roles are reversed because women have attained higher societal status than their male partner are more precarious. We argue that this is the case because both partners in role-reversed relationships are evaluated more negatively than partners in more egalitarian or traditional gender role relationships. In two experimental studies conducted in the United States …
Penalized for Challenging Traditional Gender Roles
There is growing evidence that heterosexual relationships in which traditional gender roles are reversed because women have attained higher societal status than their male partner are more precarious. We argue that this is the case because both partners in role-reversed relationships are evaluated more negatively than partners in more egalitarian or traditional gender role relationships. In two experimental studies conducted in the United States …
All is nice and well unless she outshines him
In two studies, we find that climbing the societal ladder has positive associations with women's well‐being and relationship outcomes but can also have negative consequences when women surpass their male partners in status. In Study 1 (N = 314), we found that women who reported having higher personal status also reported several positive relationship outcomes (e.g., higher relationship quality than women with lower personal status). However, thes…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
Penalized for Challenging Traditional Gender Roles
There is growing evidence that heterosexual relationships in which traditional gender roles are reversed because women have attained higher societal status than their male partner are more precarious. We argue that this is the case because both partners in role-reversed relationships are evaluated more negatively than partners in more egalitarian or traditional gender role relationships. In two experimental studies conducted in the United States …
All is nice and well unless she outshines him
In two studies, we find that climbing the societal ladder has positive associations with women's well‐being and relationship outcomes but can also have negative consequences when women surpass their male partners in status. In Study 1 (N = 314), we found that women who reported having higher personal status also reported several positive relationship outcomes (e.g., higher relationship quality than women with lower personal status). However, thes…
Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions
Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and…
The gender gap in the care economy is larger in highly developed countries
Despite the growing demand for care economy employees (e.g., nurses, teachers, and social workers), men remain underrepresented in these careers. While economically developed countries support more equal rights for women and men, their labor markets are highly gender segregated (Charles, 1992, 2003). We conducted a focused investigation of this paradoxical pattern in the care economy, testing whether gender gaps in care economy career interest ar…
Like Parent, Like Child? Parent-Child Consistency as a Driver of Gender-Inequality in Occupations and Career and Family Roles Across Countries
Worldwide there is persistent gender inequality in the occupational and domestic spheres, with women being underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields and men being less involved in HEED (health care, elementary education, domestic sphere). This preregistered cross-cultural study examined the role of parents in the intergenerational transmission of these gender inequalities to their young adult children. Specif…
Gender Diversity and Inequality (3 works) · Gender role (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender equality (2 works) · Gender gap (2 works) · Gender inequality (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works)