Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/169352 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Research in Social Stratification and Mobility [ISSN:] 0276-5624 [Volume:] 46, Part B [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 129-140
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This study examines how within-couple inequalities, that is power differences between men and women in a partnership, act as predictors of transitions from full-time to part-time employment applying Heckman corrected probit models in three different institutional and cultural contexts; Eastern Germany, Western Germany and the United Kingdom. The analyses show that when women are in a weaker position within their relationships they are more likely to drop-out of full-time work, but that this propensity varies by context. The authors also find an increased tendency over time for women to leave full-time for part-time employment in both Eastern and Western Germany, but observe no such trend in the UK. This is suggestive of ongoing incompatibilities in the institutional support for equality in dual-earning in Germany. The study uses longitudinal data covering the period 1992 until 2012 from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for Germany and from the British Household Panel (BHPS) and the ‘Understanding Society’ data for the UK.
Subjects: 
Part-time employment
Family
Wages
Housework
Cross-national comparison
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Additional Information: 
Akzeptierte Manuskriptfassung (postprint) / Accepted version (postprint)
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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