Britain's slow movement to a gender egalitarian equilibrium

Parents and employment in the UK 2001-13

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2374086
AutoresSara Connolly (0000-0001-5262-1296, University of East Anglia, autor correspondente), Matthew Aldrich (University of East Anglia), Margaret O’brien (0000-0002-9306-6871, UCL Institute of Education, UK), Svetlana Speight (National Centre for Social Research, UK), Eloise Poole (Arts Council England)
Ano2016
Volume30
Fascículo5
Páginas838-857
Data de publicação2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017016638009
OpenAlexW2313092858
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas31

This article examines the working lives of British couple families across the first decade of the millennium using EU Labour Force Survey data (2001-13) taking a multiple equilibria approach. Some growth in dual full-time earners, increased working hours of mothers in part-time employment and a growing proportion of households with 'non-standard' working patterns are all identified, suggesting both a convergence and greater diversity in economic provisioning within parent couple households. Household employment patterns remain strongly associated with maternal education and family size but are becoming less sensitive to the age of the youngest child. The dual full-time earner model is growing in significance for British parents of young children but a new gender egalitarian equilibrium has not yet been reached

Convergence (economics · Demographic economics · Diversity (politics · Dual (grammatical number · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Sociology · Time-use survey · Work (physics · Working time · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Work-Family Balance Challenges