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Women's Family and Employment Life Courses Across Twentieth-Century Europe: The Role of Policies and Norms
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Abstract This article examines longitudinal patterns of work-family reconciliation across Europe and whether the influence of defamilizing policies on those patterns is contingent on the normative context. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and sequence analysis are used to reconstruct and... view more
This article examines longitudinal patterns of work-family reconciliation across Europe and whether the influence of defamilizing policies on those patterns is contingent on the normative context. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and sequence analysis are used to reconstruct and analyze women's family and employment life courses from age fifteen to fifty years, born in the period between 1924 and 1966 from fourteen countries. Historic family policy data and gender attitudes collected in the International Social Survey Programme are included in multinomial regressions. Results suggest that defamilization and gender egalitarianism increase the labor market attachment of women with traditional family life courses independently.... view less
Keywords
woman; life career; job history; work-family balance; family policy; gender-specific factors; women's employment; affirmative action; Europe
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Free Keywords
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), third and seventh waves
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 446-476
Journal
Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 29 (2022) 2
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/261285
ISSN
1468-2893
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications