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dc.contributor.authorDe Henau, Jeromeen
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-01T13:56:47Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-01T13:56:47Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65701-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the impact of a set of gender-role attitudes on the labour market situation of women with and without young children. These attitudes are used as a proxy for stated preferences. Our study covers 23 European countries, using an original up-to-date micro data-set, the European Social Survey (round 2004), completed with regional and national information on the institutional and socio-economic context. In particular, we investigate whether the effect of the presence of young children and the effect of attitudes towards female employment and maternal roles are substitutes, complementary or multiplicative, using interaction variables. We use a multinomial logit regression model to account for three different employment statuses as dependent variable, full-time, part-time and not in employment. Results show substantial cross-country differences in the influence of attitudes on work, which differs by level of education, but not according to the presence of young children. However, the negative effect of young children on the full-time employment of mothers is stronger than the positive effect of egalitarian attitudes in countries with lower subsidised childcare provision. These results refine the discussion on the effect of work/life balance policies in Europe.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe Open University, Economics Department |cMilton Keynesen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aOpen Discussion Papers in Economics |x65en
dc.subject.jelC43en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordgender-role attitudesen
dc.subject.keywordsocial policiesen
dc.subject.keyworddual-earner couplesen
dc.subject.keywordlabour market participationen
dc.subject.keywordpart-time worken
dc.subject.keywordparenthooden
dc.subject.stwWeibliche Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Rolleen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Normen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwKinderbetreuungen
dc.subject.stwTeilzeitarbeiten
dc.subject.stwFamilie-Berufen
dc.subject.stwSozialpolitiken
dc.subject.stwSozialstaaten
dc.subject.stwEuropaen
dc.titleInvestigating the desperate housewives: Using gender-role attitudes to explain women's employment decision in twenty-three European countries-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn550360123en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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