The work of women in France and Russia: The impact of children and gender values

Le travail des femmes en France et en Russie: l'effet des enfants et des valeurs de genre

Ariane Pailhé () and Oxana Sinyavskaya

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Abstract: How do children and gender attitudes affect women's labor force participation in Russia and France, two countries with different welfare states and different conceptions of gender roles? The determinants of women's participation in the labor force are compared by using data from the flrst wave of the Generations and Gender Surveys conducted in both countries. In Russia, the age of the youngest child is the key factor explaining the decrease in women's labor force participation rate. In France, the effect of having children is multidimensional; and gender values, unlike in Russia, have a major impact. The broader range of possibilities for Frenchwomen (work full- or part-time, or not at all) accounts for the greater variety in their labor patterns.

Date: 2009-11-30
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Published in Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 2009, 40 (3-4), pp.273-313. ⟨10.4074/S033805990900309X⟩

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DOI: 10.4074/S033805990900309X

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