Variation in Women's Employment Across European Countries: The Impact of Child Care Policy Solutions

Mikucka, Małgorzata

doi:10.2753/ijs0020-7659380101

Cited by 9 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 11 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Thus, as the policies that nations have put into effect to support child care are examined, one can repeatedly observe the tension between traditional values, national ideologies, and the realistic need for child care accommodations for families (Fagnani 2007;Lambert 2007;Lewis 2008;Murphy-Lawless 2000;Won and Pascall 2004). Research on child care policy and family is inextricably linked with studies on national identity, labor markets, gender equality, and economics, thus revealing a complex mixture of factors and ideals that combine to form family policies (Martin 2007;Mickucka 2008). White (2009) argues that it is ideation that creates the differences among national child care policies, not economics or movements for gender equality.…”

Section: Definitions Of Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“Who Cares for the Children?” Lessons from a Global Perspective of Child Care Policy

Lokteff

Piercy

2011

J Child Fam Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We present the argument that the meaning of child care and the policies that address it are explicitly linked with national ideologies, work force participation, economic success, and child outcomes. The relationship between family and child care policies is cyclical in nature, with a nation's ideology and vision of family often driving child care policies, while child care policies in turn drive and support a nation's ideology. We examine the interrelatedness of child care policy and national ideologies of family in selected industrialized countries. Specifically, this paper first defines child care policy and discusses the national ideological frameworks that provide the impetus for child care policy formation and implementation. Second, the paper explores current child care policies and their connection to the historical and political context of several countries within, including France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Belgium, the Nordic countries, and the United States. Lastly, recommendations are offered for the future of child care policy development with specific recommendations for child care policy development in the United States.

show abstract

Section: Definitions Of Child Care Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“Who Cares for the Children?” Lessons from a Global Perspective of Child Care Policy

Lokteff

Piercy

2011

J Child Fam Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In addition to childcare, some authors included maternity leave and maternity compensations in the model (Spansenoska & Fethu-Vehapi, 2011;Gornick, Meyers, & Ross, 1996Misra, Budig, & Boeckmann, 2011;De Henau, Meulders, & O'Dorchai, 2010;Mikucka, 2008). Maternity leaves allow mothers to spend more time outside of the labour market; by contrast, adequate childcare services allow mothers to spend more time in the labour market; in other words, they enable reconciliation of family life with full-time work of both parents and thus have a direct positive impact on women's employment.…”

Section: Literature Review On Childcare and Female Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Leaves allow mothers to spend more time outside the labour market; by contrast, adequate childcare services allow mothers to spend more time in the labour market. In other words, they enable reconciliation of family life with full-time work of both parents and have a direct positive impact on women's employment (Del Boca & Vuri, 2006;Spansenoska & Fethu-Vehapi, 2011;De Henau et al, 2010;Mikucka, 2008). Stier, Lewin-Epstein and Braune (2001) suggest that, in some countries, women's employment rates are high because of the possibility of working part-time.…”

Section: Source: Author's Calculationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Spending on Childcare as an Indicator of Gender Sensitivity of Budget

Sikirić

Čičak

2016

CEPAR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nowadays, women make more than 60% university graduates, but their status in the labour market does not fully reflect educational achievements, which leads to greater financial dependence of women on men and gender inequality in other areas. To determine the potential solutions to this situation the paper analyses correlation between public spending on childcare services, gender equality in terms of time spent in unpaid work and differences in employment rates of women with children under the age of 6 and women without children in EU. Results confirm significant positive correlation between specified variables and highlight the need to take into account different gender roles of men and women in the decision-making during the budgeting process in order to ensure equal opportunities to male and female labour force in the labour market as a precondition for greater gender equality.

show abstract

“…Studien mit handlungstheoretischer Grundlage bedienen sich zumeist Rational-ChoiceAnsätzen (Pettit u. Hook 2005;uunk et al 2005;Mikucka 2008). Auch in diesem beitrag soll ein solcher Ansatz, eine erweiterung der mikroökonomischen Theorie des Arbeitsangebotes, herangezogen werden.…”

Section: Theorie Forschungsstand Und Hypothesenunclassified

“…Gornick et al 1998;Stier et al 2001;Mandel u. Semyonov 2006), was eine konkrete Abschät-zung der Effekte einzelner Variablen verhindert. Jene internationalen Untersuchungen, die sowohl hierarchische multivariate Modelle heranziehen als auch die effekte einzelner familienpolitischer Maßnahmen schätzen (Pettit u. Hook 2005;Mikucka 2008) vernachlässigen den Einfluss der Kultur sowie den individueller Wertvorstellungen. Die einzige Studie (uunk et al 2005), die den Effekt der Kultur evaluiert, vernachlässigt ebenfalls den Einfluss der individuellen Einstellung.…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Welche familienpolitischen Maßnahmen fördern die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation von Müttern?

Berninger

2009

Köln Z Soziol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Zusammenfassung: Im beitrag wird untersucht, welche familienpolitischen Maßnahmen (Kinderbetreuung, elternzeit, Transferleistungen) die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation von Müttern fördern. Im gegensatz zu bisherigen Studien wird weiter evaluiert, inwiefern ein Zusammenhang zwischen erwerbsfördernden Maßnahmen und kulturellem Mutterbild besteht und ob letzteres die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation beeinflusst. Im Rahmen einer Mehrebenenanalyse werden 21 europäi-sche Staaten anhand der Daten der zweiten Welle des European Social Survey (ESS) aus den Jahren 2004/2005 in Kombination mit Makrovariablen der Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) untersucht. Den theoretischen Rahmen der Studie bildet ein rationales entscheidungsmodell: die mikroökonomische Theorie des Arbeitsangebotes. Zentrales Ergebnis der Analyse ist, dass einzig ein hohes Betreuungsangebot für unter dreijährige Kinder die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation, insbesondere jene von Müttern sehr junger Kinder, fördert. Diese familienpolitische Maßnahme weist einen engen Zusammenhang mit der nationalen Kultur auf.Abstract: This article investigates the effects of family policies (child care, parental leave, financial transfers) on labour market participation of mothers in 21 European countries. In contrast to previous studies, the correlation of child care provision with national culture and the cultural influence on maternal employment decisions are also estimated. The microeconomic theory of labour supply provides the theoretical framework of the analysis. With the use of hierarchical logistic regression models the hypotheses are tested on the data of the European Social Survey (2004/2005) and contextual variables of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. As a central result the level of child care provision for children below the age of three is found to be the single variable with regards to increasing labour market participation, particularly for mothers of young children. This political measure is strongly correlated to national culture.

show abstract

Variation in Women's Employment Across European Countries: The Impact of Child Care Policy Solutions

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

“Who Cares for the Children?” Lessons from a Global Perspective of Child Care Policy

“Who Cares for the Children?” Lessons from a Global Perspective of Child Care Policy

Public Spending on Childcare as an Indicator of Gender Sensitivity of Budget

Welche familienpolitischen Maßnahmen fördern die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation von Müttern?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About