Work–Family Policy Trade-Offs for Mothers? Unpacking the Cross-National Variation in Motherhood Earnings Penalties
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA |
| ANO | 2016 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Work and Occupations |
| ISSN | 0730-8884 |
| E-ISSN | 1552-8464 |
| EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888415615385 |
| CITAÇÕES | 42 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
Recent scholarship suggests welfare state interventions, as measured by policy indices, create gendered trade-offs wherein reduced work–family conflict corresponds to greater gender wage inequality. The authors reconsider these trade-offs by unpacking these indices and examining specific policy relationships with motherhood-based wage inequality to consider how different policies have different effects. Using original policy data and Luxembourg Income Study microdata, multilevel models across 22 countries examine the relationships among country-level family policies, tax policies, and the motherhood wage penalty. The authors find policies that maintain maternal labor market attachment through moderate-length leaves, publicly funded childcare, lower marginal tax rates on second earners, and paternity leave are correlated with smaller motherhood wage penalties.