Changing Gender Roles, State, Work and Family Lives

Mahon, Evelyn

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“…The finding of a statistically significant effect of employment status homogamy in the United States but not in Sweden also may be due, in part, to disparities in social support policies between these two countries. Differences between the employed and the nonemployed are likely to be less significant in countries with social democratic political systems that offer universal social services and benefits (Cochrane, 1993) than in countries with fewer welfare services and benefits for nonworkers (Mahon, 1998).…”

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Cohabiting and Married Couples' Income Organization: Approaches in Sweden and the United States

Heimdal

Houseknecht

2003

J of Marriage and Family

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Using 1994 International Social Survey Program (ISSP) data, we examine the effect that cohabitation versus marriage has on couples' income organization approaches in Sweden and the United States, two legally and normatively different contexts. Previous research on this topic has focused almost exclusively on married couples, so our inclusion of both married and cohabiting couples helps fill a gap in the literature. The effects of ever having been divorced, socioeconomic homogamy, and traditional gender ideology also are explored. Type of relationship and ever having been divorced are the only variables that predict income organization approach in both countries, suggesting that relationship experiences are more important than socioeconomic or ideological factors.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Cohabiting and Married Couples' Income Organization: Approaches in Sweden and the United States

Heimdal

Houseknecht

2003

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Research indicates that, in general, these distinctions among welfare regimes are reflected in women's employment (Dex & Shaw 1986, Mahon 1998a, also when other institutional and individual factors are controlled for (Van der Lippe 2001). Employment levels are highest in socialist and social-democratic regimes, followed by liberal regimes.…”

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“…Mahon (1998b) also shows that the male breadwinner taxation system in Ireland is a serious hindrance to women wishing to enter the labor market. Furthermore, due to the favorable tax provisions for childcare expenses and the payment of health insurance by employers, American women were more likely to work during their childbearing years and were much less likely to work part-time in the 1980s than British women (Dex & Shaw 1986, Mahon 1998a. This is despite the fact that the US system bases tax rates on the combined incomes of husband and wife.…”

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Comparative Research on Women's Employment

2002

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Women's employment has been widely studied in both Western countries and Eastern Europe. In this article, the most frequently used measurements and descriptions of women's paid work are given, namely, participation rate, number of hours worked, gender segregation, and the gender gap in earnings. Next, three approaches used to study women's employment are discussed: 1. the macro-level approach, which gives a thorough understanding of the influence of the institutional context on women's work; 2. the micro-level approach, which compares individual-level results in a number of countries; and 3. the macro-micro approach, in which the relative importance is shown of institutional and individual level factors. Finally, a review is given of the hypotheses and outcomes of both the institutional level, with welfare regime and family policy playing an important role, and the individual level, which shows that being a mother has an important effect on women's employment in the different countries studied.

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“…Feminist employment policies also need to take into consideration the causes of employment inequities that stem from the way gender roles are perceived and played out throughout society. Mahon (1998) argues, for example, that "a broader view of equal opportunities must include structural factors which facilitate mothers' participation in the labor market: child care policies, tax and maternity benefits" (158).…”

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Comparing Feminist Policy in Politics and at Work in France and Germany: Shared European Union Setting, Divergent National Contexts

Mazur

Zwingel²

2003

Review of Policy Research

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This essay introduces the seven articles in the symposium. Placing this special issue within the purview of the new field of Feminist Comparative Policy, the analysis shows how the symposium contributes to comparative theories of feminist policy formation in Western postindustrial democracies. It then defines the three subareas of feminist policy covered in the rest of the volume-political representation, equal employment, and reconciliation-explains why the German and French cases were selected for comparative analysis, discusses the importance of the ongoing process of Europeanization for feminist policy in the two countries, and finishes with a presentation of the outline for the seven articles.

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Changing Gender Roles, State, Work and Family Lives

Cited by 5 publications

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Cohabiting and Married Couples' Income Organization: Approaches in Sweden and the United States

Cohabiting and Married Couples' Income Organization: Approaches in Sweden and the United States

Comparative Research on Women's Employment

Comparing Feminist Policy in Politics and at Work in France and Germany: Shared European Union Setting, Divergent National Contexts

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