Balancing Employment and Family Responsibilities in Southern Europe
Trends and Challenges for Social Policy Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8000353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María José González (0000-0003-4570-248X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 189-214 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue française des affaires sociales (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-2985 • E-ISSN: 2111-4358 |
| Publisher | CAIRN (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3917/rfas.en605.0189 |
| OpenAlex | W1723795899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
The paper examines the relationship between family formation (i.e., living with a partner and having children) and women’s occupational career in southern Europe (i.e., Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). The relationship is explored by analysing the impact that different family structures and male involvement in caring activities have on women’s early occupational trajectories (i.e., remaining in the same occupational status, experiencing downward or upward mobility, or withdrawing from paid work). This research shows that male involvement in caring activities does not really push women ahead in their career, but the absolute lack of male support seems to negatively affect women’s permanence in paid work. These results apply to all southern European countries except Portugal, where the absolute absence of the partners’ support in caring activities does not seem to alter women’s determination to remain in paid work. The methodology applied consists of the estimation of multinomial logit regression models and the analysis is based on eight waves (1994-2001) of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP
Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Economics · Estimation · European community · Labour economics · Multinomial logistic regression · Paid work · Sociology · Work (physics · Working hours · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |