Working Conditions after Childbirth: Differences between Mothers and Fathers

Après la naissance d’un enfant, les conditions de travail diffèrent entre les pères et les mères

Louis-Alexandre Erb (), Tom Olivia, Thomas Breda () and Maxime Tô ()
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Louis-Alexandre Erb: TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, Université Gustave Eiffel, DARES - Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé
Tom Olivia: INSEE - Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Thomas Breda: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
Maxime Tô: IPP - Institut des politiques publiques, IFS - The Institute for Fiscal Studies - The Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Abstract: Following the birth of a child, many parents are required to adjust their professional trajectories. These adjustments display marked gender differences. Mothers of very young children are more likely than fathers to reduce their working hours, thereby reinforcing the wage gap to their disadvantage. They also tend to change jobs less frequently, which may restrict their opportunities for career advancement. In addition, a larger share of mothers report lacking sufficient time to perform their work adequately. Fathers, by contrast, are more likely to increase their working hours after the arrival of a child. They are also more frequently engaged in evening or Sunday work, and more often report exposure to stressful situations in which their scope for individual discretion proves insufficient to cope with the demands they face in their jobs.

Keywords: Working conditions; Gender differences; Work–family balance; Parenthood; Temps de travail; Salaire; Conditions de travail; Parentalité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-07
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Published in Références - INSEE, 2022, Emploi, chômage, revenus du travail, 2022, pp.75-87

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