Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171453 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Work and occupations [ISSN:] 1552-8464 [Volume:] 43 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Sage [Place:] Thousand Oaks, CA [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 119-177
Publisher: 
Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abstract: 
Recent scholarship suggests welfare state interventions, as measured by policy indices, create gendered trade-offs wherein reduced work–family conflict corresponds to greater gender wage inequality. The authors reconsider these trade-offs by unpacking these indices and examining specific policy relationships with motherhood-based wage inequality to consider how different policies have different effects. Using original policy data and Luxembourg Income Study microdata, multilevel models across 22 countries examine the relationships among country-level family policies, tax policies, and the motherhood wage penalty. The authors find policies that maintain maternal labor market attachment through moderate-length leaves, publicly funded childcare, lower marginal tax rates on second earners, and paternity leave are correlated with smaller motherhood wage penalties.
Subjects: 
family
women
earnings
social policy
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Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. / This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
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Article
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Published Version

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