The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work–Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes

By Michelle J. Budig, Joya Misra, Irene Boeckmann. 2012

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Family policies and single parent poverty in 18 OECD countries, 1978–2008 (2014, background): “This could be due to women facing both a gender and a motherhood wage penalty (Budig et al., 2012), pointing toward the importance of fair wage policies.”
Determinants of a Silent (R)evolution: Understanding the Expansion of Family Policy in Rich OECD Countries (2013, background): “Culture plays a role not only through policy, but also in its interaction with policy37 (Budig, Misra, and Boeckmann 2012, 188–189).”
Why do occupations dominated by women pay less? How ‘female-typical’ work tasks and working-time arrangements affect the gender wage gap among higher education graduates (2016, background): “This is certainly the case in Germany, where public childcare is mainly available on a part-time basis for children aged three years and older (Budig et al., 2012).”
Varieties of familialism: Comparing four southern European and East Asian welfare regimes (2016, background): “They may be rooted in, or at least legitimized by, cultural attitudes and values, which in turn inspire not only policies but also individual behaviours (e.g. Budig et al., 2012; Van Oorschot et al., 2008).”
From Opt Out to Blocked Out: The Challenges for Labor Market Re-entry after Family-Related Employment Lapses (2018, background): “The term “motherhood penalty” has primarily been used in literature comparing mothers to childless women, referring to a within-gender comparison (Budig and England 2001; Budig et al. 2012).”
Work–Family Policy Trade-Offs for Mothers? Unpacking the Cross-National Variation in Motherhood Earnings Penalties (2016, background): “Yet, even in models that include all of the individual-level factors discussed earlier, a significant penalty persists in many countries in Europe and North America (Budig & England, 2001; Budig & Hodges, 2010; Budig et al., 2012; Gangl & Ziefle, 2009; Harkness & Waldfogel, 2003).”