A stalled revolution? What can we learn from women’s drop-out to part-time jobs: A comparative analysis of Germany and the UK

This study examines how within-couple inequalities, that is power differences between men and women in a partnership, act as predictors of transitions from full-time to part-time employment applying Heckman corrected probit models in three different institutional and cultural contexts; Eastern Germa...

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Published in:Research in social stratification and mobility 2016-12, Vol.46, Part B (46 (B)), p.129-140
Main Authors: Dieckhoff, Martina, Gash, Vanessa, Mertens, Antje, Romeu Gordo, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Cross-national comparison
Family
Housework
Part-time employment
Wages
Wirtschaft
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Summary:This study examines how within-couple inequalities, that is power differences between men and women in a partnership, act as predictors of transitions from full-time to part-time employment applying Heckman corrected probit models in three different institutional and cultural contexts; Eastern Germany, Western Germany and the United Kingdom. The analyses show that when women are in a weaker position within their relationships they are more likely to drop-out of full-time work, but that this propensity varies by context. The authors also find an increased tendency over time for women to leave full-time for part-time employment in both Eastern and Western Germany, but observe no such trend in the UK. This is suggestive of ongoing incompatibilities in the institutional support for equality in dual-earning in Germany. The study uses longitudinal data covering the period 1992 until 2012 from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for Germany and from the British Household Panel (BHPS) and the ‘Understanding Society’ data for the UK.
ISSN:0276-5624
1878-5654
DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2016.09.001