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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 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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 838-857 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Work, Employment and Society |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 11 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- breadwinners
- dual earners
- education
- employment
- families
- gender
Profiles
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Sara Connolly
- Norwich Business School - Professor of Personnel Economics
- Institute for Volunteering Research - Member
- Centre for Research on Children and Families - Member
- Volunteering and the Market - Group Lead
- Employment Systems and Institutions - Member
Person: Group Lead, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Fathers' work and families in twenty-first century Britain: beyond the breadwinner model?
O'Brien, M., Connolly, S. & Aldrich, M.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/11/12 → 30/04/14
Project: Research