Work-family policy trade-offs for mothers? : unpacking the cross-national variation in motherhood earnings penalties
Michelle J. Budig, Joya Misra and Irene Boeckmann
Recent scholarship suggests welfare state interventions, as measured by policy indices, create gendered trade-offs wherein reduced work–family conflict corresponds to greater gender wage inequality. The authors reconsider these trade-offs by unpacking these indices and examining specific policy relationships with motherhood-based wage inequality to consider how different policies have different effects. Using original policy data and Luxembourg Income Study microdata, multilevel models across 22 countries examine the relationships among country-level family policies, tax policies, and the motherhood wage penalty. The authors find policies that maintain maternal labor market attachment through moderate-length leaves, publicly funded childcare, lower marginal tax rates on second earners, and paternity leave are correlated with smaller motherhood wage penalties.
Year of publication: |
2016
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Authors: | Budig, Michelle J. ; Misra, Joya ; Boeckmann, Irene |
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[Kiel : ZBW |
Subject: | family | women | earnings | social policy | Mütter | Mothers | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers | Familie-Beruf | Work-life balance | Fraueneinkommen | Women's earnings | Lohnstruktur | Wage structure | Familienpolitik | Family policy | Sozialpolitik | Social policy | Familie | Family |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 60 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1177/0730888415615385 [DOI] hdl:10419/171453 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763844