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Work-life balance reconsidered: time allocation within partnerships ; Germany, UK and Austria
Work-life balance neu betrachtet: Zeitallokation innerhalb einer Partnerschaft ; Deutschland, Großbritannien und Österreich
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Österreichisches Institut für Familienforschung an der Universität Wien
Abstract
"The discussion about reconciliation of work and family, respectively the so called work-life balance has grown considerably over the last two decades. Arguments and positions differ in many respects. Even the scope of 'work-life-balance' is not uniquely defined. This paper follows an analytical eco... view more
"The discussion about reconciliation of work and family, respectively the so called work-life balance has grown considerably over the last two decades. Arguments and positions differ in many respects. Even the scope of 'work-life-balance' is not uniquely defined. This paper follows an analytical economic approach and shows the intra-personal and intra-partnership trade-offs between five core categories of productive and consumptive activities. This tradeoff is shown for the population of three European countries, which exhibit considerable differences in time allocation. Although the countries' mean levels differ, the gendered behaviour patterns of partners shown wide commonness." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; work-life-balance; labor; life; life situation; way of life; occupation; partnership; Austria; Great Britain; gender relations; gender-specific factors
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
City
Wien
Page/Pages
96 p.
Series
Working Paper / Österreichisches Institut für Familienforschung, 67
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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