Fatherhood, Intra-Household Employment Dynamics, and Men’s Earnings in a Cross-National Perspective

Irene Böckmann () and Michelle Budig ()

No 592, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: Studies find fatherhood earnings premiums in several European countries and the United States. Yet little research investigates how intra-household dynamics shape the size of the fatherhood premium cross-nationally. Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study we examine how the division of labor in two-parent households is associated with the fatherhood premium in fourteen countries. We find cross-national variation in the presence and size of the fatherhood premium. Our findings also show that the fatherhood premium frequently depends on the household division of labor: Men with caregiver partners are mostly likely to receive the fatherhood premium. We consider how cultural and institutional contexts may shape the cross-national variation in fatherhood premiums.

Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2013-06
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