Cross-national Variation in the Influence of Employment Hours on Child Care Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7772061 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L C Sayer (0000-0002-5755-4579, The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author), Janet C Gornick (0000-0002-0715-2256, The Graduate Center, CUNY) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-442 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7215 • E-ISSN: 1468-2672 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/esr/jcr008 |
| OpenAlex | W2167150554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 52 |
Parental time investments in children are essential inputs in children’s present and future well-being. The ability of parents to make choices about child care time that are free from money and time constraints varies considerably, however, by employment status and country. We use nationally representative time diary data from nine countries with different gendered working time regimes to investigate how employment hours influence child care time, and whether parents in countries with high maternal employment rates, long work hours among mothers and fathers, and limited family policies have a deficit in child care time. We instead find that child care hours are lowest among French and Swedish mothers, and among French fathers, countries with relatively high parental employment rates but also short work hour cultures. We document a range of employment penalties on child care time among employed mothers and fathers in English-speaking countries and Slovenia, and smaller or no penalties among parents in the Netherlands and Nordic countries. Findings suggest employment associations with child care are not only mediated by gendered work hour cultures, but also culturally distinct parenting ideologies.
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