Self-employment, work-family time and the gender division of labour

Does being self-employed, as opposed to being an employee, make a difference to how parents with young children can balance work and family demands? Does self-employment facilitate more equal gender divisions of labour? This article uses the Australian Time Use Survey to identify associations betwee...

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Published in:	Work, employment and society employment and society, 2012-10, Vol.26 (5), p.716-734
Main Authors:	Craig, Lyn, Powell, Abigail, Cortis, Natasha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	2006 Australien Child care Child Care Services Children domestic labour Dual career couples Employees Employment Familie-Beruf Families & family life Family life Family Work Relationship Fathers Gender Gender studies Gender: article Geschlecht Home based Home based employment Housework Men Mothers Parent-child relations Parents Parents & parenting Part-time employment Redistribution Selbstständige Self Employment Self-employed workers Sex Sex factors Sexual Division of Labor Shift work Spouses Studies Time Time use Unpaid Women and employment Work Work at home Work life balance Working conditions Working Mothers Zeitverwendung
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