Institutional and demographic explanations of women's employment in 18 OECD countries, 1975–1999

Nieuwenhuis, R.R. and Need, A. and Kolk van der, H. (2012) Institutional and demographic explanations of women's employment in 18 OECD countries, 1975–1999. Journal of marriage and the family, 74 (3). 614 - 630. ISSN 0022-2445

PDF
Restricted to UT campus only: Request a copy
597Kb

Preview

PDF (Poster)
389Kb

Abstract:	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.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2012 Wiley
Faculty:	Management and Governance (SMG)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/81006
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00965.x
Supplementary information URL:	http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/poster-institutional-and-demographic-explanations-of-womens-employment/
Export this item as:	BibTeX EndNote HTML Citation Reference Manager

Show download statistics for this publication

Repository Staff Only: item control page

Metis ID: 286109