Educational attainment and gender differences in work-life balance for couples across Europe: a contextual perspective

Autor: Kromydas, Theocharis
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Soziologie
Anthropologie
Wirtschaft
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie
Bildung und Erziehung
Sociology & anthropology
Economics
Social sciences
sociology
anthropology
Education
dual-earner households
Familiensoziologie
Sexualsoziologie
Berufsforschung
Berufssoziologie
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Makroebene des Bildungswesens
Family Sociology
Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Occupational Research
Occupational Sociology
Women's Studies
Feminist Studies
Gender Studies
Macroanalysis of the Education System
Economics of Education
Educational Policy
Arbeitsteilung
Haushaltseinkommen
Privathaushalt
Geschlecht
Ungleichheit
Arbeit
Qualität
Work-life-balance
Familie-Beruf
Geschlechtsrolle
Bildung
division of labor
household income
private household
gender
inequality
labor
quality
work-life-balance
work-family balance
gender role
education
Zdroj: Social Inclusion, 8, 4, 8-22, Division of labour within families, work-life conflict and family policy
Druh dokumentu: Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article
ISSN: 2183-2803
DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i4.2920
Popis: The current article aims to explain the interrelationships between the educational attainment of individuals living in households with heterosexual partners, their work–life balance (WLB) and the macro-economic climate of the country they live in, using data from the European Social Survey. WLB is a complex concept, as it is not only determined by factors related to someone’s employment or domestic work and childcare responsibilities, but also by decisions informed by personal experiences and circumstances, subjective perceptions and preferences. Moreover, in households with cohabiting partners, this decision-making process involves certain compromises where financial incentives, interests, gender and power dynamics play an important role. Since educational attainment is positively related to labour market outcomes, such as employment and wages, while at the same time more women are participating in education and the labour market, the gender conflict on the division of work and time within households intensifies and traditional gender roles are challenged. WLB is at the heart of this conflict operating as a mechanism through which division of work and time is reconciled on the individual and household level. Results from the current article reveal great heterogeneity between the 17 European countries examined. Perhaps surprisingly, educational attainment can have a detrimental effect on the WLB of spouses and cohabiting partners, especially for women whose level of WLB seems also more sensitive to fluctuations of the macro-economic climate of the country they live in. However, there is an indication that when an economy goes into recession, higher education has a cushioning effect on female’s WLB compared to relatively better economic times.
Databáze: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository
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