TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional and demographic explanations of women's employment in 18 OECD countries, 1975–1999
AU - Nieuwenhuis, Rense
AU - Need, Ariana
AU - van der Kolk, Hendrik
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study combined demographic and institutional explanations of women's employment, describing and explaining the degree to which mothers in industrialized societies are less likely to be employed than women without children. A large number of cross-sectional surveys were pooled, covering 18 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development countries, 192,484 observations, and 305 country-years between 1975 and 1999. These data were merged with measures of institutional context and analyzed with multilevel logistic regression. The results indicate that, over time, women were increasingly likely to combine motherhood and employment in many, but not all, countries. Both mothers and women without children were more likely to be employed in societies with a large service sector and low unemployment. The employment of women without children was generally unaffected by family policies. Mothers were more likely to be employed in societies with extensive reconciliation policies and limited family allowances.
AB - This study combined demographic and institutional explanations of women's employment, describing and explaining the degree to which mothers in industrialized societies are less likely to be employed than women without children. A large number of cross-sectional surveys were pooled, covering 18 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development countries, 192,484 observations, and 305 country-years between 1975 and 1999. These data were merged with measures of institutional context and analyzed with multilevel logistic regression. The results indicate that, over time, women were increasingly likely to combine motherhood and employment in many, but not all, countries. Both mothers and women without children were more likely to be employed in societies with a large service sector and low unemployment. The employment of women without children was generally unaffected by family policies. Mothers were more likely to be employed in societies with extensive reconciliation policies and limited family allowances.
KW - METIS-286109
KW - IR-81006
U2 - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00965.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00965.x
M3 - Article
VL - 74
SP - 614
EP - 630
JO - Journal of marriage and the family
JF - Journal of marriage and the family
SN - 0022-2445
IS - 3
ER -