Reasons to Reduce: A Vignette-Experiment Examining Men and Women’s Considerations to Scale Back Following Childbirth

Breeschoten, L. van; Roeters, Anne; Lippe, Tanja van der

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“…An increase in working hours under the condition of high-quality, affordable childcare, by contrast, was primarily considered by mothers in the couples in which neither partner had a tertiary degree, that is, presumably low-income couples. Financial constraints may thus be one restriction that prevents policies from unfolding their positive effects and that explain the relatively small effect size of policies guaranteeing a right to return to a full-time job on fathers' preferred working hours (see also Van Breeschoten et al, 2018, for a similar finding). While two-thirds of foregone income is replaced during parental leave, there is no wage replacement for those working part-time.…”

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How can we become more equal? Public policies and parents’ work–family preferences in Germany

Bünning

Hipp

2021

Journal of European Social Policy

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This study examines how public policies affect parents’ preferences for a more egalitarian division of paid and unpaid work. Based on the assumption that individuals develop their preferences within a specific policy context, we examine how changes in three policies affect mothers’ and fathers’ work–family preferences: the availability of high-quality, affordable childcare; the right to return to a full-time job after having reduced hours to part-time and an increase in the number of ‘partner months’ in parental leave schemes. Analysing a unique probability sample of parents with young children in Germany from 2015 ( N = 1756), we find that fathers would want to work slightly fewer hours if they had the right to return to a full-time position after working part-time, and mothers would want to work slightly more hours if childcare opportunities were improved. Full-time working parents, moreover, are found to prefer fewer hours independent of the policy setting, while non-employed parents would like to work at least some hours. Last but not least, our analyses show that increasing the number of partner months in the parental leave scheme considerably increases fathers’ preferences for longer and mothers’ preferences for shorter leave. Increasing the number of partner months in parental schemes hence has the greatest potential to increase gender equality.

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How can we become more equal? Public policies and parents’ work–family preferences in Germany

Bünning

Hipp

2021

Journal of European Social Policy

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“…According to the doing gender approach (West & Zimmerman 1987), mothers and fathers experience societal pressure due to gendered norms around workforce participation and caregiving, and this induces them to conform to these norms (Williams 2001;Hays 1996). Findings from a vignette study on men's and women's decisions to scale back also reveal that fathers expect this to have long-term negative consequences for their career, while mothers do not (van Breeschoten, Roeters & van der Lippe 2018). Furthermore, mothers are most satisfied with a part-time and fathers with a full-time job, which indicates that they internalize norms of gendered workforce participation (Booth & van Ours 2008).…”

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“…A partner's comparative advantage with regard to labour market resources increases the desire of the economically disadvantaged partner to scale back (Heckman 1974), which is often the woman (Bonke 2008). Holding an income advantage over one's partner accordingly decreases the desire to scale back (van Breeschoten, Roeters & van der Lippe 2018).…”

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Employed parents' reactions to work-family conflicts: Adaptive strategies of scaling back in Germany

Adams

Golsch

2022

JFamRes

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Objective: This study investigates the extent to which employed mothers and fathers scale back on working hours or job pressures in response to work-to-family conflicts (WFC). Background: Drawing on the concept of adaptive family strategies, it is assumed that WFC is an antecedent to a reduction in work demands. Considering partners’ gender ideology net of other resources and characteristics, we can expect to see gender differences in the adoption of this strategy. Relatively little research has been conducted on associations among WFC, gender ideology, gender, and work-related coping strategies. Method: We use six waves of the German Family Panel (pairfam, release 11.0), covering the survey years 2012-2019, to examine the effect of WFC and gender ideology on employed mothers’ and fathers’ work-related coping strategies (N=791 mothers and N=1292 fathers). OLS regression is used to estimate the effect of WFC at and gender ideology on changes in job pressure and working hours between and . Results: Parents who experience WFC are more likely to reduce their job pressure and less likely to scale back on working hours. Gender differences in the reaction between mothers and fathers on WFC only occur in connection with traditional gender ideology. Conclusion: Scaling back seems not to be a commonly used strategy to react to WFC.

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“…Experimental designs also allow us to test very specific mechanisms. For example, using a vignette experiment, Van Breeschoten et al (2018) find that men consider the income of their partner and career consequences most important in decisions on working hours, while women focus mainly on partner income and collegial support. Experimental designs that have same-sex couples as participants are thus far completely missing.…”

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Handbook of Sociological Science: Contributions to Rigorous Sociology

Sorensen

2024

Contemp Sociol

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The Research Handbooks in Sociology series provides an up-to-date overview on the frontier developments in current sociological research fields. The series takes a theoretical, methodological and comparative perspective to the study of social phenomena. This includes different analytical approaches, competing theoretical views and methodological innovations leading to new insights in relevant sociological research areas. Each Research Handbook in this series provides timely, influential works of lasting significance. These volumes will be edited by one or more outstanding academics with a high international reputation in the respective research field, under the overall guidance of series editor Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bamberg. The Research Handbooks feature a wide range of original contributions by well-known authors, carefully selected to ensure a thorough coverage of current research. The Research Handbooks will serve as vital reference guides for undergraduate students, doctoral students, postdoctorate students and research practitioners in sociology, aiming to expand current debates, and to discern the likely research agendas of the future.

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Reasons to Reduce: A Vignette-Experiment Examining Men and Women’s Considerations to Scale Back Following Childbirth

Cited by 17 publications

References 61 publications

How can we become more equal? Public policies and parents’ work–family preferences in Germany

How can we become more equal? Public policies and parents’ work–family preferences in Germany

Employed parents' reactions to work-family conflicts: Adaptive strategies of scaling back in Germany

Handbook of Sociological Science: Contributions to Rigorous Sociology

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