Both Parents Working
Challenges and Strains in Managing the Reconciliation of Career and Family Life in Dual-Career Families. Empirical Evidence from Austria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5935943 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerlinde Mauerer (0000-0002-5939-0299, University of Vienna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 269 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci7120269 |
| OpenAlex | W2905193204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 30 |
The presented empirical data analysis aims to shed light on the persistence of gender inequalities in sharing parenting responsibilities and addresses possible improvements for realising gender equality. In recent decades, family policies in the European Union have targeted the increase of men's shares in parental leave (=paternal leave) as well as women's participation in the labour market. Following the results of the Lisbon Treaty in 2000, many EU member states including Austria introduced non-transferable fathers' quotas in their regulations on parental leave. Subsequently, the share of men on parental leave increased. Nevertheless, both in number and duration, men's childcare allowance claims have remained lower than women's claims. This paper investigates shared parental leave practices based on 36 interviews with fathers on paternal leave, and 14 follow-up interviews with parents after paternal leave. The qualitative data reveal the challenges that arise when both parents are faced with reconciling work and family during and after parental leave. Although the data showed that progress has been made in reducing gender inequality, the interviews make clear that employers' attitudes perpetuate traditional gendered expectations of parental leave claims and still focus on images of a male breadwinner. Also, the distribution of gainful and family work reveals gender inequalities. The paper therefore discusses challenges that arise in the realisation of current gender and family policies in order to provide a basis for making changes that further enhance the opportunities for dual-career couples within the organisation of parental leave laws
Allowance (engineering · Demographic economics · Economics · European union · Family Leave · Family life · Gainful employment · Inequality · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Parental leave · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Demographic Issues in Germany · Social Psychology · Sociology and Education Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Shared paid parenting leave and gender equity
Fatherhood Practices and Shared Parental Leave
Work-parenthood conflicts at the operator and professional levels in Chile’s mining industry
The Echoes of Feminism in the Dual‐Career Family
Paid Parental Leave Reforms and Mothers' Employment in Austria, France and Hungary
Definitions of work-life balance in childfree dual-career couples
Parents' Strategies in Dealing with Constructions of Gendered Responsibilities at Their Workplaces
Paid Parental Leave in Correlation with Changing Gender Role Attitudes
Perceived fairness and legitimacy of parental workplace discrimination
Chapter 10
Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality
Gender and Couple Relationships
Balancing Work and Family in a Changing Society
Perceived justice in the division of domestic labor
Not Mr. Mom
Naming Men as Men
Rural masculinities and fathering practices
Gender equality in the division of work
Parental leave regulations and the persistence of the male breadwinner model
Leave policies in Southern Europe
Parental constructions of masculinity at the transition to parenthood
How to Divide Paid Work and Unpaid Care between Parents? Comparison of Attitudes in 22 Western Countries
Caring Masculinities
Fathers and flexible parental leave
The return of the male breadwinner model? Educational effects on parents' work arrangements in Austria, 1980-2009
Tensions between fatherhood and the social construction of masculinity in Italy
Breadwinning as care? The meaning of paid work in mothers' and fathers' constructions of parenting
Stability and transformation in gender, work, and family
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries
Which fathers are the most involved in taking care of their toddlers in the UK? An investigation of the predictors of paternal involvement
Negotiating care and career within institutional constraints - work insecurity and gendered ideals of parenthood in Finland
Fathers, Work and Family Life
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |