Gendered Welfare Regimes, Work–Family Patterns and Women’s Employment

Anne Reimat ()
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Anne Reimat: University of Reims

Chapter Chapter 12 in Cliometrics of the Family, 2019, pp 277-303 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The ways family members combine paid and unpaid work—work–family patterns—have evolved throughout history, in parallel with changes in gender relations and gender equality. However, cross-country variations in work–family patterns are still marked. This chapter analyses the evolution of employment patterns within the family after the Second World War from a gendered welfare regime perspective. Belonging to a given gendered welfare regime type has, in general, a strong explanative power in accounting for the design of work–family arrangements. Nevertheless, some countries are departing from what is expected, giving a more nuanced picture of the idea of a typical linear historical evolution, common to all industrialised countries, from a ‘male breadwinner family’ to a ‘dual full-time earner family’.

Keywords: Gender; Employment; Welfare regimes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99480-2_12

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