The influence of daily work-family decision-making on labour market participation in same sex couples

研究表明，同性伴侣往往比异性伴侣拥有更平等的关系，分担更多的育儿责任（威廉姆斯，2001年），但我们还不知道这是如何在日常生活中进行谈判的，以及这如何转化为有孩子后与劳动力市场的接触。由于妇女技能利用不足，英国经济损失了约360亿英镑（英国议会，2016年），因此必须寻求新的方法来了解如何在家中谈判和管理平等，这将影响工作中的平等（例如Radcliffe和Cassell，2014年）以及妇女在生完孩子后继续参与劳动力市场（Hampson，2018年）。目前的项目探讨了有孩子的工作同性伴侣如何做出日常工作-家庭决定，以及这对他们参与劳动力市场的影响。在这样做的过程中，它以两种关键方式响应ESRC的生产力战略优先事项。首先，力求了解同性夫妇在生育子女后重返和保持参与劳动力市场方面所面临的挑战，其次，力求了解在没有传统规定的性别角色的情况下，夫妇如何分担和谈判有酬工作和护理，以及这对参与劳动力市场的影响。

Research suggests that same sex couples often have more equal relationships than their heterosexual counterparts and share more childcare responsibilities (Williams, 2001), but we are yet to understand how this is negotiated on a daily basis, as well as how this translates into engagement with the labour market after having children. Since the UK economy loses around £36 Billion due to the underutilisation of women's skills (Parliament.UK, 2016) it is important to seek new ways to understand how equality can be negotiated and managed at home, which is known to impact equality at work (e.g. Radcliffe and Cassell, 2014) and women's continued engagement in the labour market after having children (Hampson, 2018). The current project explores how daily work-family decisions are made by working same sex partners that have children, and the influence this has on their engagement with the labour market. In doing so it responds to the ESRC's strategic priority of productivity in two key ways. Firstly, by seeking to understand the challenges experienced by same sex couples in returning to and maintaining engagement in the labour market after having children and secondly by seeking to learn how paid work and care are shared and negotiated by couples in the absence of traditional prescribed gender roles and the influence this has on labour market participation.