Gender, Employment and Parenthood: The Consequences of Work-Family Policies

Authors: Janet C. Gornick and Ariane Hegewisch

Publication: Lessons from Europe? What Americans Can Learn from European Public Policies. Chapter 2, pp 17-41

Editor: R. Daniel Keleman

Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Press

Date: 2014

Excerpt:

Since the founding of the European Union (EU) in 1957, much has changed in relation to women, men, work, and family. Yet while women overall, particularly mothers, are much more likely to be in paid work, and men are somewhat more likely to perform unpaid family work, men are still the majority of paid workers and women still perform the lion’s share of unpaid family work. In both the United States and Europe, having and raising children—and looking after relatives who are elderly or have disabilities—still takes time, and the majority of that work, whether it is paid or unpaid, is performed by women.

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