Reciprocal Influences of Family Work and Employment

描述(申请人提供)：这是一份研究当代家庭生活的两个关键组成部分之间的关系的申请：家庭工作的分配和妇女的劳动力参与。从生命历程的角度出发，这项研究将全面考察随着时间的推移，无偿家务劳动的性别分工与女性劳动力市场经历之间的互惠因果关系。研究人员越来越意识到家庭生活和劳动力市场之间的相互依存关系。然而，令人惊讶的是，我们对女性和男性之间分配家庭工作对女性参与劳动力的长期影响知之甚少。我们对就业经历如何影响家庭劳动在一生中的分工所知更少。值得注意的是，人们对家庭工作和就业之间的长期联系缺乏了解，因为实证研究表明，家庭劳动分工和妇女就业都与一系列健康指标有关，包括婚姻质量、心理健康和儿童幸福。拟议的研究计划侧重于确定家庭工作分工和妇女长期就业经历的决定因素。拟议分析的第一个目标是研究就业的多个层面对多个时间点的家庭工作分工的影响，以及家庭工作分配变化的预测因素。这些分析将不仅确定就业对家务行为的直接影响，还将确定婚姻早期就业和积累的工作经验对家务行为的影响。这项研究的第二个目标是考察家庭分工对妇女参与劳动力的多种衡量标准随时间的影响。这项研究着眼于就业状况、工作时间和历史，将确定婚姻早期的家庭劳动模式通过哪些途径影响女性的劳动力参与及其在整个生命过程中人力资本的积累。实证分析将依赖于父母和孩子的代际小组研究，这是一个跨越31年的数据集，包括家庭工作、就业和广泛的控制变量的关键指标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application to study the relationship between two key components of contemporary family life: the allocation of family work and women's labor force participation. Drawing on a life course perspective, the study will comprehensively examine the reciprocal causal relationships between the gender division of unpaid household labor and women's labor market experiences among the same individuals over time. Researchers are increasingly aware of the interdependence of family life and labor markets. However, we know surprisingly little about the long-term consequences of the allocation of family work between women and men for women's labor force participation. We know even less about the way employment experiences influence the division of household labor over the life course. The lack of knowledge about the long-term connections between family work and employment is notable because empirical studies have demonstrated that the division of household labor and women's employment are each related to a range of health indicators including marital quality, mental health, and children's well-being. The proposed research plan focuses on identifying the determinants of the division of family work and women's employment experiences over long periods of time. The first goal of the proposed analysis is to examine the influence of multiple dimensions of employment on the division of family work at multiple points in time, as well as the predictors of change in the allocation of family work. These analyses will identify not only the immediate effects of employment on housework behaviors, but also the influence of employment early in marriage and accumulated work experience. The second goal of the research is to examine the influence of the division of family work on multiple measures of women's labor force participation over time. Focusing on employment status, hours, and histories, the study will identify the pathways through which household labor patterns early in a marriage influence women's labor force participation and their accumulation of human capital throughout the life course. The empirical analyses will rely on the Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children, a data set spanning 31-years that includes key measures of family work, employment, and wide array of control variables.