Welfare Regimes, Family‐Supportive Policies, and Women’s Employment along the Life‐Course1

By H. Stier, N. Lewin-Epstein, Michael Braun. American Journal of Sociology, 2001

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, General Health Professions

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The Impact of Different Social-Policy Frameworks on Social Inequalities among Women in the European Union: The Labour-Market Participation of Mothers (2013, methodology): “The nine months cut-off point was chosen on the basis of the comprehensive literature review and recommendations by UNICEF (2008) as a compromise between the recommended minimum (six months) and maximum (twelve months). The second measure refers to the duration in months of wellpaid leave, that is, ”
Gender Differences in Fields of Study: The Role of Significant Others and Rational Choice Motivations (2015, background): “…STEM jobs in which women are under-represented are usually economically rewarding, whereas non-STEM jobs, where women dominate, though producing lower returns (Charles and Grusky, 2004), are said to provide a work environment that enables women to fulfil their familial roles (Stier et al., 2001).”
The Emergence of Lowest‐Low Fertility in Europe During the 1990s (2002, background): “…child care support (EspingAndersen 1999).17 The labor market is also relatively inflexible in providing possibilities for part-time work or reentering the labor force after an absence due to childbirth (Del Boca 2002; González, Jurado, and Naldini 2000; Stier, Lewin-Epstein, and Braun 2001).”
Gender Inequality in Housework Across 20 European Nations: Lessons from Gender Stratification Theories (2016, methodology): “To harmonize across countries, we calculated the relative distance of respondent’s household income from the country-specific 85–90th income percentiles (Stier et al. 2001).”
Explaining Turnover Intention in State Government (2008, neutral): “Women are less likely to exit the workforce because of familial commitments (Stier & Lewin-Epstein, 2001, p. 1731).”
The Impact of Young Children on Women’s Labour Supply (2005, background): “Second, research of institutional effects on female labour supply can profit from the adoption of a life course perspective (Stier and Lewin-Epstein, 2001).”
Housework and social policy (2007, background): “…women shoulder the majority of caring work, how states mitigate the gendered division of labor through market regulation and welfare provision affects gender inequality in the family as well as in the labor market (Gornick and Meyers, 2003; Lewis, 1992; O’Connor et al., 1999; Stier et al., 2001).”
Pursuing Preferences: The Creation and Resolution of Work Hour Mismatches (2006, background): “According to Golden (2006), most authors report that in the United States, 30 to 40 percent of employees want fewer hours.”
Gender, family and career in the era of boundarylessness: determinants and effects of intra- and inter-organizational mobility (2003, background): “Also, as a result of women’s increased labour-force participation, the dual-earner family is now the modal family type within the most industrialized societies (Stier et al., 2001).”
Winners and losers: The consequences of welfare state policies for gender wage inequality (2012, background): “In that regard, family policy may lower the motherhood penalty, primarily by facilitating women’s labour market activity (e.g., Crittenden, 2001; Harkness and Waldfogel, 2003, Rake, 2000; Sigle-Rushton and Waldfogel, 2007).”
Family policy and fertility: fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing in Norway and Sweden (2010, background): “The combination of relatively high fertility and high employment of mothers is often seen as evidence of the impact of social policies that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life (Daly, 2000; Stier et al., 2001; Esping-Andersen, 2002).”