Men's Unpaid Work and Divorce: Reassessing Specialization and Trade in British Families
Men's Unpaid Work and Divorce: Reassessing Specialization and Trade in British Families
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男性的无偿工作和离婚：重新评估英国家庭的专业化和贸易
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2010
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Wendy Sigle
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Wendy Sigle
摘要经济学家花了大量的时间研究并试图解释女性就业与离婚之间的正相关关系。然而，在这样做的时候，他们很少注意男人的行为。本文讨论了这一疏忽。本研究利用1970年英国队列研究的数据，探讨父亲对无报酬工作的贡献是否以及如何与离婚有关。关于父亲参与家务劳动和照顾子女的信息有助于更深入地探讨母亲就业与离婚之间的关系。与专业化和贸易带来的收益预测相反，研究结果表明，无论母亲的就业状况如何，父亲的家庭生产都能稳定婚姻。
Abstract Economists have spent a good deal of time examining and trying to explain the positive association between female employment and divorce. However, in doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behavior of men. This paper addresses that oversight. Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study – a study conducted at a time when gendered specialization was the normative household arrangement for families with small children and when economic theories of marriage and divorce were first being developed – this study considers whether and how fathers' contributions to unpaid work are associated with divorce. Information on fathers' involvement in domestic work and childcare permits a deeper exploration of the relationship between mother's employment and divorce. Contrary to what gains from specialization and trade predict, the findings suggest that fathers' home production stabilizes marriage regardless of mothers' employment statuses.