'Undoing gender' or selection effects?: fathers' uptake of leave and involvement in housework and childcare in South Korea
'Undoing gender' or selection effects?: fathers' uptake of leave and involvement in housework and childcare in South Korea
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“消除性别”或选择效应？：韩国父亲休假以及参与家务和育儿的情况
DOI：
10.1080/13229400.2023.2200747
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Lee Y
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作者：
Lee Y
许多研究证明，在西方国家，父亲休育儿假与更公平地分配无酬劳动之间存在正向（因果）关系，主要是在男性承担公平份额的无酬工作且父亲休育儿假很常见的情况下。韩国为探索这种关系提供了一个恰当且对比鲜明的环境，其无酬劳动的性别分工高度集中，而且尽管最近有所增加，但父亲休假的使用率却很低。这项研究发现，休（长时间）休假的父亲比没有休假计划或经验的父亲更多地承担家务以及发展和日常育儿工作。对于家务劳动和发展性儿童保育，这种差异主要是因为已经参与其中的父亲自行选择休假。对于日常的育儿工作，有限的证据表明一年或更长的长假可能会让父亲更多地参与其中。简而言之，在韩国，父亲休育儿假对性别平等的影响似乎主要限于长假和日常育儿，如果有任何显着影响的话。总体而言，本文表明，父亲休假的性别平等效果可能会因性别革命的阶段而异。
A number of studies have documented a positive (causal) relationship between fathers’ uptake of parental leave and a more equitable division of unpaid labour in Western contexts, primarily where men contribute to a fair share of unpaid work and fathers’ uptake of leave is common. South Korea offers an apt and contrasting setting to explore this relationship, with its highly gendered division of unpaid labour and low use of fathers’ leave, despite recent increases. This study finds that fathers who have taken (long) leave contribute more to housework as well as both developmental and routine childcare than fathers with neither leave plan nor experience. For housework and developmental childcare, this difference is mostly explained by already involved fathers self-selecting into leave. For routine childcare, there is limited evidence to suggest that very long leave of one year or longer could potentially make fathers more involved. In short, the gender equalising impact of fathers’ uptake of parental leave in Korea appears to be restricted mainly to long leave and routine childcare, if there exists any significant effect at all. Overall, this paper suggests that the gender equalising effect of fathers’ leave may vary depending on the stage of the gender revolution.