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Britain's slow movement to a gender egalitarian equilibrium: parents and employment in the UK 2001-13
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Abstract This article examines the working lives of British couple families across the first decade of the millennium using EU Labour Force Survey data (2001-13) taking a multiple equilibria approach. Some growth in dual full-time earners, increased working hours of mothers in part-time employment and a grow... view more
This article examines the working lives of British couple families across the first decade of the millennium using EU Labour Force Survey data (2001-13) taking a multiple equilibria approach. Some growth in dual full-time earners, increased working hours of mothers in part-time employment and a growing proportion of households with ‘non-standard’ working patterns are all identified, suggesting both a convergence and greater diversity in economic provisioning within parent couple households. Household employment patterns remain strongly associated with maternal education and family size but are becoming less sensitive to the age of the youngest child. The dual full-time earner model is growing in significance for British parents of young children but a new gender egalitarian equilibrium has not yet been reached.... view less
Keywords
education; gainful employment; family; gender; parents; Great Britain; gender role; equality of rights; mother
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
EU-LFS; breadwinners; dual earners
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 838-857
Journal
Work, Employment and Society, 30 (2016) 5
ISSN
1469-8722
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed