Reinforcing Separate Spheres: The Effect of Spousal Overwork on Men's and Women's Employment in Dual-Earner Households
Reinforcing Separate Spheres: The Effect of Spousal Overwork on Men's and Women's Employment in Dual-Earner Households
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DOI：
10.1177/0003122410365307
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Cha, Youngjoo
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作者：
Cha, Youngjoo
这项研究探讨了长时间工作是否加剧了性别不平等。随着长时间工作变得越来越普遍，在双职工家庭中，将男子的职业置于妇女职业之上的规范性性别观念可能迫使妇女辞职。我应用多层次模型的纵向数据从收入和计划参与调查显示，有一个丈夫谁工作时间长，大大增加了一个女人的戒烟的可能性，而有一个妻子谁工作时间长，似乎并没有增加一个男人的戒烟的可能性。这种性别模式在专业和管理职业的工人中更为突出，这些职业的过度工作和密集育儿文化很强。此外，这种影响在有孩子的工人中更强。研究结果表明，过度工作可以重新引入单独的领域安排，包括养家糊口的男人和持家的女人，许多以前的双职工家庭。
This study examines whether long work hours exacerbate gender inequality. As working long hours becomes increasingly common, a normative conception of gender that prioritizes men's careers over women's careers in dual-earner households may pressure women to quit their jobs. I apply multilevel models to longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to show that having a husband who works long hours significantly increases a woman's likelihood of quitting, whereas having a wife who works long hours does not appear to increase a man's likelihood of quitting. This gendered pattern is more prominent among workers in professional and managerial occupations, where the norm of overwork and the culture of intensive parenting are strong. Furthermore, the effect is stronger among workers who have children. Findings suggest that overwork can reintroduce the separate spheres arrangement, consisting of breadwinning men and homemaking women, to many formerly dual-earner households.